As the privacy landscape continues to evolve, companies may find it difficult to manage regulator expectations of compliance and consumer demands as outlined in lawsuits, said Julie Rubash, chief privacy officer for Sourcepoint, a vendor.
Despite stricter court rulings and limits on the use of older statutes to regulate newer technologies, 2025's increase in privacy litigation, especially around tracking technologies, looks set to continue into 2026, said privacy lawyers in interviews. Additionally, the potential for lawmakers clarifying the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) could push litigators to bring cases at even faster rates this year as they hope to file before an amendment becomes effective, one lawyer said.
Plaintiffs have two weeks to amend a class action lawsuit claiming Tesla violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), the U.S. District Court for Central California said in a ruling filed Monday in case 5:25-cv-01982 (see 2512050017).
A federal court’s recent decision to allow California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and other claims to continue against Six Flags amusement park company represents the trend of judges to view data privacy violations as plausible, said Troutman Amin lawyer Puja Amin in a blog post Monday.
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 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.
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A federal court’s recent decision to move a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) claim to a court in Minnesota demonstrates that forum-selection clauses can act as a useful defense under the statute, Troutman Amin’s Blake Landis said in a blog post Thursday.
As lawsuits over tracking technologies increase rapidly, some courts have managed to narrow the scope of older statutes, countering the litigation wave, said panelists during an Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) webinar Wednesday. But other courts remain split on the reach of these laws, they added.
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