The right to cure in Oregon's comprehensive privacy law sunsets -- and a universal opt-out requirement dawns -- in two months, Oregon DOJ warned businesses in an October enforcement report released Wednesday.
SAN DIEGO -- In its fifth major enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the state's DOJ announced a $530,000 settlement with streaming platform Sling TV, which cited the company's complicated and confusing opt-out mechanisms (see 2510300040).
Much state enforcement is not publicly announced, said privacy lawyer Elliot Golding during a McDermott Will webinar Wednesday. “For every public enforcement we see, there's … dozens and dozens of ones that are not yet public.”
Google agreed to pay a group of private law firms that worked alongside Texas up to $190 million in legal fees associated with a privacy case about the company's unlawful tracking and collecting of users' personal information, according to a signed order filed in a Texas state court Monday.
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.”
Florida and Michigan focused recent privacy complaints against Roku on the streaming box maker's partnerships with data brokers, Holland & Knight lawyers noted in a blog post Friday.
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.
Virginia's lawsuit against TikTok and parent company ByteData may continue, a state court ruled Friday.
As the scope and usage of facial recognition technology increases, privacy advocates are increasingly concerned about a lack of regulation as well as carve-outs in instances where rules exist, they said in interviews with Privacy Daily. But there are existing laws that cover the technology, some contended.
While there hasn't been a big headline for privacy in 2025, many important smaller developments occurred, George Washington University law professor Daniel Solove and Red Clover Advisors CEO Jodi Daniels said during a webinar Solove hosted Thursday.