A late October federal court decision dismissing a case that claimed violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) has provided “a clear roadmap” for dispatching litigation under the old wiretapping statute, Akin Gump lawyers said in a blog post Monday.
An appeals court rejected a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) suit against Quest Diagnostics. In a ruling posted Thursday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a claim could not be brought because “none of [the allegedly shared] data was substantive medical information."
Dollar Tree violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) when it failed to remove third-party tracking technology from its website after consumers chose to reject advertising cookies, said an amended class-action lawsuit Thursday.
Geography places boundaries on California's privacy statutes, though courts and lawmakers could feel pressure to clarify these limits or even expand them, said Robinson+Cole lawyer Kathryn Rattigan in a blog post Thursday.
A recent decision added to the growing number of courts dismissing California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) cases for failure to cite cognizable harm, and went further by ruling that consumers lack a reasonable expectation of privacy with metadata such as IP addresses, said Fisher Phillips lawyer Usama Kahf in a LinkedIn post Wednesday.
Nvidia continued using cookies to track user browsing activities despite consumers opting out, said a class-action complaint Friday at the U.S. District Court for Northern California. The tech company's behavior is an “egregious privacy violation and total breach of consumer trust,” said the complaint (case 5:25-cv-09160).
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Some privacy lawyers for businesses are taking a judge’s condemnation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act as a potential rallying cry for passing a bill to overhaul CIPA. The California legislature this year decided to postpone consideration on such a bill (SB-690) until 2026 due to consumer privacy concerns. But in an Oct. 17 decision, U.S. District Court of Northern California Judge Vince Chhabria recommended legislative action, writing that the “state of affairs with CIPA is untenable.”
A federal court recently added to the split in thinking on bringing claims against website tracking tools and analytics under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). In this situation, it dismissed a case for lack of standing after the plaintiff failed to allege a concrete injury, said Fisher Phillips lawyers in a blog post Thursday.
A federal court narrowed the scope of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) when it ruled recently that information must be “embarrassing, invasive, or otherwise private” to constitute an injury, said Covington lawyers in a blog post Thursday.