While there is much debate in courts over the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), class certification is one of the largest obstacles, said Morrison Foerster lawyers in a blog post Wednesday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appears to be taking a more restrictive approach to standing in data breach and privacy cases than other circuits, said Jim Dempsey, managing director for the IAPP Cybersecurity Law Center, in a blog post Thursday.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica site tracks users' activity and then sells it to third parties in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, said a class-action complaint Tuesday against the venerable reference source. Tracking software was installed on britannica.com and is operated without user knowledge or consent, plaintiff Daniel Vesely alleged.
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and NetChoice asked an appeals court to affirm a ruling to preliminarily block a Florida law that would ban kids from social media since it likely violates the First Amendment.
Roku renewed a previous argument, claiming that Michigan is overreaching its authority in a privacy case where the state accuses the streaming platform of collecting information of child users.
A law firm is investigating allegations that Disney violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal data, without parental knowledge or consent, from children who watched its videos online, and using the data to serve them targeted ads.
Class-action plaintiffs using fictitious names in data breach litigation is “a growing trend that raises serious procedural and strategic concerns,” Clark Hill attorneys blogged Friday.
A federal court on Thursday allowed a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) case against media company Conde Nast's use of tracking technology to continue, ruling that the plaintiff has provided enough evidence.
A federal court erred when it declined to block a Tennessee age-verification law, NetChoice said Wednesday. The trade association asked the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the district court decision and issue a preliminary injunction against HB-1891, which requires 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 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the state’s Daniel’s Law imposes strict liability on data brokers for posting private information online, or if proof of intent is required.