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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Pixel Litigation Drives Transparency in Privacy Policies

Pixels, a piece of tracking software businesses use to assess the success of their advertising campaigns, are creating headaches for in-house counsel as decades-old laws are being revived by litigants. Unlike cookies, pixels...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Advocate Aurora Health to Pay $12.25 Million Settlement for Data Breach Class Action

In October 2022, Advocate Aurora Health notified 3 million individuals of a data breach resulting from its use of tracking pixels on its website for tracking website visitor activity. Now, this month, Advocate Aurora Health...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Pet Stairs, Wiretapping, and Cookies: Implications of the Third Circuit’s Popa Opinion

The case of Popa v. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc. “began with a quest for pet stairs.” Plaintiff Ashley Popa searched Harriet Carter Gifts’ website, added pet stairs to her cart, but never completed the purchase. During her...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

K&L Gates LLP

Litigation Minute: Mitigating Class Action Risks Posed by Collecting and Storing Sensitive Data

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - The collection and storage of sensitive data can not only invite the attention of government agencies, but also that of putative class action plaintiffs. Government inquiries,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Challenges to Google's Collection of Web Browsing Data Survive Motion to Dismiss

A class action lawsuit will proceed against Google over its collection of data from users browsing in "incognito mode," as District Judge Lucy Koh denied Google's motion to dismiss on March 12, 2021. In Brown v. Google, Judge...more

King & Spalding

Ninth Circuit Affirms Certification Of Biometric Privacy Class Action Against Facebook

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On August 8, the Ninth Circuit issued a highly anticipated decision affirming the district court’s certification of a class of Facebook users who suffered alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more

Sunstein LLP

May 2019 IP Update: The California Consumer Privacy Act: More Relevant Than You Think

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which we discussed last year, goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Its record-keeping requirements become effective on July 1, 2019. If your small- or medium-size business is based...more

Williams Mullen

Illinois Supreme Court Advances Individual’s Right to Relief from Misuse of Personal Information

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The extent to which individuals may seek relief due to the unauthorized use of their personal information is an important issue in the privacy community. The Supreme Court of Illinois recently added its voice to this debate...more

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Biometric Privacy Targeted In Increased Class Action Litigation in Illinois

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Even as technology advances and consumers become more accustomed to providing their fingerprints in routine, everyday transactions (such as unlocking their cellular phones), private entities, and employers in particular, are...more

King & Spalding

Pokémon Go Faces More Criticism

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Pokémon Go is a location-based augmented reality game in which players use their mobile device to catch Pokémon in the players’ real-world surroundings by utilizing the camera, GPS, and gyroscope features of the mobile...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Tagging Trouble: Forays into the Regulation of Biometric Data

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We leave breadcrumbs of biometric information scattered around our daily lives, which may be collected and used by private entities, often without our knowledge or consent. The sound of your voice when you call your bank’s...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

Carlton Fields

Internet Savvy Senior Lacks Standing to Bring Website Privacy Putative Class Claims Against AARP

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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia recently dismissed a putative class action alleging that AARP violated its website privacy policy by allowing Facebook and Adobe to collect personal information...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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Eye on Privacy - January 2014

In this issue: - FTC Settlement with Flashlight App Requires Extensive Disclosures Outside of the Privacy Policy to Collect and Share Geolocation Information - GAO and Senate Commerce Committee Release Studies...more

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