The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urged a court to deny a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would prevent it from collecting personal data about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The plaintiffs -- a coalition of stakeholders led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) -- haven't proven harm, injury, standing or the likelihood of success of their claims, USDA said.
A class-action complaint alleging a software company created and sold consumer profiles without their consent will continue, the U.S. District Court for Northern California ruled on Friday.
Google continued to claim it acted lawfully in a reply Monday about a case alleging the company intentionally captured communications between health providers and patients containing identifiable private health information (PHI). Google has fought the privacy case since 2023.
A federal appeals court on Monday granted the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay, blocking terminated FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from returning to work (see 2507180039).
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's recent ruling in Gutierrez v. Converse raised the bar for plaintiffs filing lawsuits involving website chats, and questioned whether the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) applies to internet communications, said three Fisher Phillips lawyers in a blog post Monday.
NetChoice asked a federal court to ignore the Maryland attorney general's request that a case about the constitutionality of the state's Age-Appropriate Design Code (MAADC) Act be dropped. The organization argued that it proved standing and plausibly alleged violations of the First and Fifth Amendments.
NetChoice appealed a decision Friday of a district court that declined to block a Tennessee law requiring that social media companies verify the age of account holders and gain parental consent from users younger than 18 before they can open accounts. The organization appealed the decision to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
NetChoice asked the U.S. Supreme Court to quickly reinstate a preliminary injunction on a Mississippi age-verification law in an emergency application Monday. The tech group appealed just days after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of HB-1126 with no explanation, allowing it to go into effect for the time being (see 2507170019).
California is “moving quickly” to block the Trump administration from illegally sharing individuals’ sensitive information for immigration enforcement purposes, Attorney General Ron Bonta (D) said Thursday.
A court denied California's attempt at halting the sale of 23andMe to the nonprofit TTAM Research Institute on Thursday, removing yet another hurdle in the transaction's path.