The federal government urged a court to reject a claim from a coalition of states that's seeking to block the collection of personally identifiable information (PII) about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients while litigation regarding the legality of the data demand is pending. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made the request in a court document Tuesday, claiming the states' case is unlikely to succeed on its claims.
Software company PowerSchool’s failure to protect the personal information of almost 900,000 Texas schoolchildren and educators late last year was a violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act, alleged Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in a lawsuit Wednesday (see 2509030050). Texas joined Tennessee (see 2505120026) and a class-action in California (see 2501220057) in suing the company over the incident.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) demand for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicant and recipient data from the states "display[s] the height of contempt" for the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), said a coalition of stakeholders in a court document Friday.
The surge in data breach lawsuits is a result of the rise in breaches and plaintiffs’ lawyers determining that such litigation is a lucrative space, said Jackson Lewis attorneys in a podcast Thursday. Courts are also helping make these suits easier to bring and speed counts, they added.
A coalition of states fired back against the federal government's request that a court dismiss a privacy case against it Thursday, arguing that the lawsuit remains necessary to protect against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accessing sensitive state data.
Parents who allege Google's education products secretly harvest mass amounts of student information and data without knowledge or consent continued hurling accusations at the technology giant.
Attorney General Letitia James (D) and the National Retail Federation (NRF) continue to fight over whether a New York law requiring that retailers disclose when they are using algorithmic pricing is a violation of the First Amendment. In court documents filed Thursday, James emphasized the Algorithmic Disclosure Act doesn't halt algorithmic pricing, but requires that companies post a clear notice informing consumers if a price was set by an algorithm using personal data.
A recent court decision on West Virginia's Daniel's Law is the first ruling to find a law protecting the privacy of public officials unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds -- and it will likely influence litigation in other states, said Troutman lawyers in a blog post Aug. 22. It could also lead to West Virginia amending its law, a Klein Moynihan lawyer said Monday.
Increased attention on consumers’ universal opt-out rights means more demand for multi-state and automated compliance systems, privacy professionals said Thursday during a Privado webinar.
A breach at an Ohio firm that helps patients obtain physician-certified medical marijuana cards may have exposed the sensitive information of more than 900,000 of its customers, a law firm investigating the incident said Tuesday.