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.
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Social media platforms are facing intense scrutiny over how they collect, share and monetize user data. As new state and federal laws focus on age verification, parental controls and transparency requirements, social media companies face legal risks around algorithmic targeting, third-party tracking and children's safety. This page follows key legislation, investigations and lawsuits shaping privacy practices for major social platforms.
An appeals court in a months-long case challenging Tennessee's social-media law should approach its decision as other state courts have and reject the measure, NetChoice argued in a court document Friday.
As Ohio and NetChoice continue sparring over the constitutionality of an Ohio social media law, the state's attorney general said the trade group "waffles" between its "supposed" goal of protecting children’s First Amendment rights and its "true mission" of keeping “social-media giants free from any regulation."
The Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) can now be applied in the context of website tracking software after a recent U.S. District Court for Western Michigan ruling, according to a Fisher Phillips blog post Thursday. The court ruled that a college was subject to the federal law when it allegedly shared certain user information from its website to third parties.
Virginia's lawsuit against TikTok and parent company ByteData may continue, a state court ruled Friday.
Meta and TikTok may have breached provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA) regarding transparency and user rights and empowerment, the European Commission said Friday. Neither company commented immediately.
The European Commission is assessing whether ChatGPT qualifies as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA), a spokesman said Wednesday during a briefing. That could have implications for the company's use of targeted advertising.
The California DOJ will hold a Nov. 5 public hearing as part of the lead-up to a rulemaking for the state’s new social media addiction regulation, Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announced Thursday.
After a federal judge said the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) was “a total mess” in a ruling Friday, a privacy lawyer touted Judge Vince Chhabria for “call[ing] it like it is.”
A growing number of wiretapping cases are being brought against schools that register for free analytics services without realizing the third parties are then collecting data from visitors to the school website and using it, said Fisher Phillips lawyers in a blog post Friday.