The California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) fined Nevada-based marketing firm ROR Partners $56,000 for its failure to register as a data broker, in violation of the state's Delete Act. The agency's Data Broker Enforcement Strike Force brought the fine. Part of the Enforcement Division, the Strike Force was announced in November (see 2511190041).
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) issued a subpoena to California Wi-Fi router maker TP-Link Systems as part of a consumer protection investigation of the company’s relationship with China and handling of consumer data, said a release Tuesday.
Arizona sued Temu on Monday, alleging the e-commerce platform violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act (ACFA) through customer privacy violations and unlawful data collection.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) made clear in its Tractor Supply Co. investigation earlier this year that it “will litigate the scope and enforceability of its administrative subpoenas if needed,” ZwillGen’s Yiannis Vandris and two others from the law firm blogged Tuesday. However, legal questions persist about how far back the agency can look for violations, they said.
California's recent enforcement action against Sling TV prolongs a trend of the state’s attorney general "staking out aggressive CCPA [California Consumer Privacy Act] compliance positions that require material operational changes beyond typical market practices,” McDermott Will privacy attorneys blogged Tuesday.
The California Privacy Protection Agency will roll out a Data Broker Enforcement Strike Force to review industry compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the Delete Act’s registration requirements, CalPrivacy said Wednesday.
The Republican and Democratic attorneys general of Utah and North Carolina, respectively, announced an AI Task Force that will collaborate with the technology's developers, including Microsoft and OpenAI, to ensure it's safe for consumers, they said Thursday.
Illuminate Education has implemented “robust” security measures to protect student data, the company said in a statement Thursday after reaching a $5.1 million settlement with states over data privacy claims (see 2511060032). The company said the investigation and settlement are related to its 2022 data breach.
The number of enforcement actions under state consumer privacy laws is “building” and could soon explode, said Troutman privacy attorney David Stauss on his firm’s webinar Thursday. For companies, injunctive relief could be just as costly as the monetary penalty, he cautioned.
New York state's attorney general issued a consumer alert Wednesday, encouraging state residents to exercise their privacy rights and alert authorities about businesses that fail to acknowledge they're using algorithmic pricing. The Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act’s effective start date is Nov. 10.