After a federal judge said the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) was “a total mess” in a ruling Friday, a privacy lawyer touted Judge Vince Chhabria for “call[ing] it like it is.”
A federal court ruled Monday that LinkedIn must face a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) case accusing it of deploying tracking pixels to transmit personally identifiable information (PII) of users to third parties without their knowledge and consent.
A growing number of wiretapping cases are being brought against schools that register for free analytics services without realizing the third parties are then collecting data from visitors to the school website and using it, said Fisher Phillips lawyers in a blog post Friday.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) cheered a federal court decision Wednesday that halts the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) demand for state data about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. However, it warned the personal information of millions of Americans remains at risk.
An amended complaint filed Thursday in federal court said Tesla uses tracking technologies on its website without the knowledge or consent of users, in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).
Roku plans to challenge “inaccurate claims” in Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's (R) lawsuit filed under the state’s comprehensive privacy law earlier this week, said a spokesperson for the maker of the video-streaming box.
Several consumer advocates criticized an Ohio law requiring websites targeting children younger than 18 to obtain parental consent before engaging in contracts with minors. In amicus briefs Friday, the groups alleged that its age-verification requirement poses privacy risks and the law violates the First Amendment. They asked the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to join the district court in blocking the Ohio Social Media Parental Notification Act.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Tuesday agreed to stay filings on a T-Mobile request asking the court to rehear en banc its challenge of an FCC data fine (see 2509220056). The government sought the stay citing the ongoing shutdown (see 2510010044). “This proceeding is stayed until funding to FCC and DOJ is restored, and all pending and potential deadlines are tolled,” said a one-page order from the court.
More than 30 state attorneys general on Friday filed a brief with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting Tennessee’s age-verification law.
A Mississippi law that requires parental consent for those younger than 18 to create accounts with certain digital service providers poses significant privacy concerns and violates the First Amendment, according to a horde of amicus briefs filed Thursday. The briefs asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to side with NetChoice and strike down the Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act.