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Class Action Websites Invasion of Privacy

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.
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Recent CIPA decisions suggest website privacy class actions will continue

Companies should brace for another surge in California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) claims after two federal court decisions may encourage plaintiffs to file even more claims relating to website analytics tools. No industry...more

Jenner & Block

Websites and Wiretap Laws: Emerging Trends in Privacy Class Action Litigation Risks

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As an onslaught of recent class actions allege, companies may be liable for eavesdropping and wiretapping based on the use of common analytics software on their platforms. For instance, in California, plaintiffs have filed...more

K&L Gates LLP

Pen Register and Trap and Trace Claims: The Latest Wave of CIPA Litigation

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A new species of website privacy litigation has taken hold in 2024, based on arcane provisions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) that restrict law enforcement’s use of pen register or trap and trace devices...more

BakerHostetler

The Next Chapter of CIPA Litigation: The Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device

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For the past two years, hundreds of class action lawsuits alleging violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) have plagued California retailers and consumer-facing service providers. These lawsuits claim,...more

Goodwin

Internet Privacy Litigation Continues to Create Uncertainty for Websites Using Third-Party Technology while Expanding to More...

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The Authors previously published the below client alert on June 8, 2023, analyzing privacy litigation under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and other wiretap statutes in Pennsylvania and Maryland. We provide...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

Hogan Lovells

California courts weigh in on wave of live chat class actions

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Over the last 18 months, a new privacy litigation battlefront has emerged: Website operators across a range of industries find themselves inundated with class action suits or requests for arbitration based on alleged...more

Goodwin

California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) Decisions Continue to Create Uncertainty for Websites Using Third-Party Technology

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The pace of internet consumer privacy class action litigation is skyrocketing. Remarkably, no specific legislative change in the law triggered the increase in litigation. Instead, the driver of this litigation explosion — in...more

Fisher Phillips

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

Carlton Fields

New Year, New Privacy Shakedowns: Six Resolutions for Keeping Warm

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Class action privacy litigation’s icy grip tightened around financial services providers in late 2022, and the forecast shows no signs of melting. The plaintiffs’ creeping application of old law to new technologies is...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

California Rulings Prompt Wave of Website Wiretapping Claims

If your company has a website and does not disclose the use of session replay software or that the chats on its website are being transcribed, please read this important alert. ...more

Kilpatrick

For Your 2023 Worry List: Anti-Wiretap Class Actions Against Website Operators Surge, But Proper Consent Can Reduce Risk

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Website session replay technology continues to fuel class action litigation alleging violations of anti-wiretap laws in all-party consent states. In 2021, we issued an alert highlighting that session replay lawsuits were...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Website Chats and Litigation – Another Look at California and Class Actions

Collecting data from a California customer’s use of the chat feature on your website without first obtaining the customer’s permission may constitute a violation of Section 631(a) of the California Invasion of Privacy Act...more

ArentFox Schiff

The Rise Of The Self-Tapping Website? State Wiretapping Class Actions Take Off After Two Recent Circuit Court Decisions

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The second half of 2022 saw a wave of class action litigation under state wiretapping laws against website operators that use widely deployed online technologies, such as chatboxes and session replay software....more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

New Class Action Litigation Aimed at Website Chat Features

Imagine you’re the CEO of a Midwest-based company operating an e-commerce website. You just attended the monthly sales and marketing presentation, and are pleased with the customer satisfaction and sales revenue numbers since...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Privacy litigation trend: Session replay software targeted under state anti-wiretapping statutes

Recently, US companies are experiencing a surging wave of consumer class action lawsuits alleging businesses and their software providers are violating state anti-wiretapping statutes and invading consumers’ privacy rights...more

Hinch Newman LLP

Lead Generation Compliance Attorney on How Use of Technologies to Track Web Session Data May Violate Law

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Attention Lead Generators. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that use of certain technologies on a websites in order to track and record web session data before obtaining affirmative consent may be a...more

Payne & Fears

Class Actions Based on Third-Party Website Monitoring Technology Are on the Rise

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Recently we have seen a slew of class action filings under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). CIPA is an older privacy law, associated with eavesdropping and wire fraud, not to be confused with the California...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Alleged Privacy Law Violations Create Potential $5 Billion Issue For Google

In a proposed class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Google is facing a potential $5 billion class action for alleged privacy law violations. The complaint alleges that...more

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