Though many courts have adopted the ordinary-person standard when interpreting Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) cases, differences remain in how judges apply it, even in cases with “nearly identical allegations,” Troutman privacy lawyer Dustin Taylor said in a post.
A bipartisan coalition of 28 states plus the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief Monday supporting Virginia in a case that challenges the constitutionality of a social media law that would amend the state's privacy statute. Virginia AG Jason Miyares (R) opposed NetChoice’s proposed preliminary injunction in a court document Friday.
Various groups and individuals this week asked to join legal battles between states and the DOJ over the federal government’s request that the states turn over sensitive voter registration data. DOJ is suing a handful of states over their refusal to submit voter rolls (see 2512030049).
Litigation under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) will likely continue, if not increase, in 2026, so companies operating there should be proactive and extensive in risk mitigation strategies, said Shumaker Loop lawyer Brian Focht in a blog post Friday.
A federal district court allowed a case challenging the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for improperly accessing sensitive information at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to continue Friday. Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court for Southern New York ruled the federal government’s arguments for dismissal failed to show the case was moot.
In the latest iteration of court documents calling for dismissal of the case against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for improperly accessing sensitive information at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), DOJ doubled down on its claim Wednesday that the case is moot.
A case charging SeatGeek violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by using tracking technologies should be dropped for failure to allege harm, argued the ticketing platform in a court document Wednesday.
The group suing Bitcoin Depot over a 2024 data breach said Monday the company's motion seeking a dismissal is a tactical attempt to reduce negative publicity and liability. As such, the plaintiffs asked a federal court to let the case continue, a court document said.
U.S. Supreme Court justices could decide Jan. 9 whether to grant cert and potentially address a circuit split over fines that the FCC imposed on AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile for violating the agency's data privacy rules (see 2512150027). That’s the date of the next conference for justices to decide which cases to hear. The data fine case, 25-567, was distributed for discussion then, the court said Tuesday.
An advertising technology company asked a court to dismiss a class action against it that claimed the firm intercepted and then transmitted users’ online communications and sensitive data to Chinese-owned e-commerce platform Temu.