2/12/2025 10:36:25 PM Amazon Faces Lawsuit Under Washington’s “My Health My Data” Privacy Law By Maria Nava Washington’s My Health My Data law (“MHMD”) is finally facing a test. This week, Amazon has been accused of violating a myriad of...
1/21/2025 8:30:38 PM FTC Finalizes COPPA Rule By Maria Nava The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized amendments to its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, effective 60...
1/16/2025 6:08:41 PM Texas AG Ken Paxton Takes Action Against Allstate for Unlawful Data Collection Practices By Rick Borden Maria Nava On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit against the Allstate Corporation, Allstate Insurance Company,...
1/13/2025 7:17:52 PM Data Broker Experiences Massive Cybersecurity Breach Involving Sensitive Location Data By Bram Schumer Gravy Analytics, a prominent player in location-based data intelligence and the parent company of Venntel, announced it has been the...
1/8/2025 12:36:51 AM New Jersey Releases Privacy Law FAQs, Revealing Insights for Businesses By Andrew Folks January 23, 2025 Update: The FAQs have been updated to align with the knowledge standard in the New Jersey Data Privacy Law. Question 18...
12/23/2024 10:23:40 PM 'Tis the Season: CPPA’s Data Broker Scrutiny Results in Two New Settlements By Andrew Folks On December 23, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced two settlements with data brokers for failing to register and...
10/10/2024 11:51:28 AM FTC Examines Data and Advertising Practices of Streaming Services, Makes Key Recommendations to Address Concerns By Kate Patton A Federal Trade Commission staff report released last month and discussed during the last open meeting of the Commission examines certain...
9/30/2024 7:45:58 PM The Next Target of CIPA Litigation: Search Bars By Caren Decter Over the past two years, we have seen an influx of lawsuits asserting that the use of tracking technologies on websites violates the...
9/2/2024 7:40:45 AM California legislature clarifies privacy obligations for AI models By Andrew Folks The intersection of privacy and AI just took on a new dimension in the Golden State. On August 30, 2024, the California Senate passed AB...
8/28/2024 2:29:31 PM California Requires Browsers and Mobile Devices to Support Opt-out Preference Signals By Andrew Folks On August 27, 2024, the California Senate passed AB 3048, amending the California Consumer Privacy Act to require all browser and mobile...
8/15/2024 7:11:58 PM Don’t Mess with Texas: Lone Star State AG’s Latest Lawsuit Signals Continued Aggressive Enforcement Posture By Andrew Folks On August 13, 2024, the Texas Attorney General’s office sued General Motors LLC (GM) and OnStar LLC for allegedly deceiving customers...
8/2/2024 4:28:22 PM New York Attorney General Launches Privacy Guides for Businesses and Consumers By Maria Nava New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced the launch of two comprehensive privacy guides: the Business Guide to Website...
7/30/2024 7:49:31 PM Meta Settles Texas Biometric Data Lawsuit for $1.4 Billion By Maria Nava Meta has reached a $1.4 billion settlement to resolve claims brought by the Texas Attorney General. The Attorney General’s office touted...
7/17/2024 4:03:04 AM Takeaways from the CPPA's July 2024 Board Meeting By Daniel Goldberg Today the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) held a board meeting covering a robust agenda. Below are our top takeaways from the...
6/13/2024 11:34:52 PM Veto in Vermont By Daniel Goldberg Earlier today, on June 13, 2024, Governor Phil Scott vetoed the Vermont Data Privacy Act (VDPA). Governor Scott cited the “unnecessary...
5/1/2024 6:28:42 PM Final Changes to Health Breach Notification Rule By Maria Nava The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced finalized changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). The changes to the...