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Class Action Data-Sharing Data Collection

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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FTC Makes Statement on Connected Vehicle Data as Major Automaker Faces Class Action for Data Sharing Practices

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Connected cars have been on the FTC’s radar for years. Its most recent blog post specifically highlights the Commission’s concerns regarding over collecting-- and the risk of secondary uses-- of sensitive data, such as...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #395 – GM Faces Class Action for Collecting + Disclosing Drivers’ Data Without Consent

Car manufacturer General Motors (GM) is the subject of litigation in Georgia by two New Jersey Chevy Bolt drivers who allege that GM collected data about their driving habits and behavior and disclosed it to third parties,...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

BJ’s Wholesale Club Loses Bid to Dismiss Complaint Alleging Massachusetts State Law Claims for Wiretap Violations and Invasion of...

Joe Alves filed a class-action complaint against BJ’s Wholesale Club, alleging that BJ’s uses computer code, called Session Replay Code (SRC), to secretly record consumer activity on BJ’s website. Alves claims that BJ’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

[Webinar] Data Beware! Defending Class Actions in the Privacy and Data-Sharing Space - June 13th, 10:00 am - 10:30 am PT

This presentation will discuss the recent surge in class actions challenging companies’ practices for collecting, sharing, and storing consumer data, including claims arising under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Broad New Washington Privacy Law Requires Immediate Compliance Action

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Companies may face class action lawsuits as early as July 2023 based on Washington’s new privacy law. Governor Jay Inslee recently signed House Bill 1155, the WA My Health, My Data Act (“MHMDA” or “the Act”), giving companies...more

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PEO Pointers – Are You Using Chatbots or Pixels on Your Website? Consider Mitigating Measures to Avoid Wiretapping Litigation

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Some common digital marketing techniques used by PEOs have become the recent target of data security litigation – and you should consider taking mitigating measures if your PEO deploys these strategies to put yourself in a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Chick-Fil-A Sued for Sharing Data through Meta Pixel

While plaintiffs’ attorneys were initially focused late last year on suing health care entities for using Pixel and other tracking technology to share information about website users with social media platforms such as Meta...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 2 (February 2021) - The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation (FHKC), a Medicaid managed care plan, said one of its vendors, Jelly Bean Communications Design, experienced a security incident...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

[Webinar] Complex Litigation: New Techniques for Advanced Collaboration in a Remote Environment - October 29th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm...

The processes of discovery and litigation preparation present unique challenges for organizations involved in complex litigation. Whether it’s a class action lawsuit, multidistrict litigation, or a mass tort, these...more

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Google Health's Partnerships Raise Privacy Concerns

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Google Health’s Partnerships Raise Privacy Concerns - Recently, Google has been at the center of privacy concerns due to its health- sharing collaborations with the University of Chicago Medical Center (the Medical Center)...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Vizio Settles for $17 Million Claims That it Collected and Distributed Consumers’ Viewing Histories on Smart TV Device Without...

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On October 4, 2018, Internet of Things (“IoT”) device manufacturer Vizio Inc. agreed to settle (subject to court approval) a consolidated class action lawsuit alleging that the smart TV maker collected and sold customers’...more

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Consumer VPPA Class Action Against CNN Dismissed

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The Northern District of Georgia recently granted CNN’s motion to dismiss a consumer class action that alleged CNN committed a violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2710. Perry v. Cable News...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - September 2015 #2

FTC Reviews Kids’ Apps for Privacy Progress - Three years after conducting a survey on apps directed to children, the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology Research and Investigation decided to check back with...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Social Media Class Actions Buy the Farm(Ville): Ninth Circuit Dismisses Consumer Claims Against Zynga and Facebook for Sharing...

Farmville is a game that celebrates the digital harvest: players earn Farm Coins by diligently and systematically harvesting their virtual crops. Yet a different kind of digital harvest – the harvest of user data – was at the...more

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