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.
A federal judge dismissed a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) case against the NBA on Monday, citing the ordinary person standard from Solomon v. Flipps Media (see 2508110052) as the basis for doing so.
Canada-based WestJet Airlines may have suffered a breach that leaked the sensitive information of more than 1 million customers, a law firm investigating the incident said Thursday. Multiple states also recently reported the breach.
Companies that collect customer data should strengthen their defenses against phishing, since it remains among the top cyberattack tactics, said panelists during a Practising Law Institute cybersecurity conference Monday.
Federal courts are working with agencies and Congress to better secure sensitive court documents after a series of "recent" cybersecurity attacks on the judiciary's filing system, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts said in a statement Thursday.
As state attorneys general significantly increase technical hiring in pursuit of more sophisticated enforcement of privacy laws, companies should prepare for a similar raising of the regulatory bar in AI and other tech areas, said Brownstein Hyatt lawyers in a blog post Wednesday.
There’s an audit trail showing Palantir is following privacy laws and protocols in its work with agencies like DHS and the Internal Revenue Service, the company's global privacy director said Wednesday.
Some state lawmakers are looking to pass legislation regulating the data broker industry in the wake of the shooting deaths last month of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband and the attempted killing of John Hoffman (D), a Minnesota senator, and his wife.
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A California privacy enforcer’s first use of a purpose-limitation requirement under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) makes this week’s record $1.55 million settlement with Healthline a significant enforcement action for companies in many sectors, privacy experts told Privacy Daily this week. Also significant was the highly technical, in-depth investigation that the office of Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) conducted, they said. Signs point to increased privacy enforcement ahead.