On July 7, the FTC and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the developer of an anonymous messaging app (NGL Labs,...more
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An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique identifier assigned to a device that is connected to a computer network. In the internet ecosystem, the IP allows a network host to communicate with a network participant and...more
Regulators and plaintiffs’ attorneys are increasingly focused on privacy harms related to the collection and use of personal data. Could privacy enhancing technology (PETs) be a solution to these concerns?...more
2023 saw a continued uptick in privacy litigation filings throughout the United States, with Plaintiffs counsel taking aim at cookies, session replay, video URLs, online “doxing” and the use of other online tracking...more
1/24/2024
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Before a business deploys an Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) or automated technology, there are three critical considerations: Contracts, Compliance, and Culture. This article is the second in a series and...more
On Feb. 17, in a close 4-3 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., 2023 IL 128004, ruled that a claim under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) accrues with every scan...more
Despite predictions otherwise, 2022 will not be the year that a federal data privacy law is enacted. While the bipartisan American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA) proposal made it to the House Committee on Energy and...more
One hour. That is all it reportedly took for a jury to deliberate in the first-of-its-kind trial alleging violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) before finding defendant BNSF Railway Company liable...more