The ‘Long Arm’ of CIPA and Its Newfound Pen-Trap Claims
Episode 119 -- The Ericsson FCPA Settlement
On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (the “OAG”) issued a report mandated by the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (the “CTDPA”), Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-515 et seq. (the “Report”), which Report is...more
The California Attorney General (“AG”) recently delivered (pun very much intended) a public CCPA enforcement action against DoorDash, its second following the 2022 settlement with Sephora. The DoorDash action stems from a...more
On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) issued a Report to the General Assembly’s General Law Committee (“Report”), summarizing the OAG’s enforcement efforts during six months since the...more
As we discussed last year, the California Attorney General’s Office (“OAG”) has been wielding its enforcement authority under the California Consumer Privacy Act since the law became enforceable in July 2020. But for two...more
On August 24, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $1.2 million dollar settlement with Sephora to account for alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This is the first CCPA...more
On 24 August 2022, the California Attorney General announced a US$1.2 million settlement including injunctive relief terms with cosmetic giant Sephora, Inc. (Sephora), resolving allegations that the company violated the...more
Sephora, the cosmetics giant of the LVMH group, must pay a USD 1.2 million fine for failure to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), after receiving a warning from the California Attorney General and time to...more
On August 24, 2022, the California Attorney General’s Office announced a settlement with Sephora, Inc., resolving allegations that Sephora violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). At the same time, the Attorney...more
With the notice and cure set to expire on January 1, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (CA AG) provided a glimpse at what to expect with its first settlement of alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy...more
On August 24, 2022, the California Attorney General’s Office (“AG”) issued a press release regarding a settlement with Sephora, Inc. over allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and...more
On August 24, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $1.2 million settlement with cosmetics retailer Sephora to resolve allegations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and failed to...more
Do Companies have a cure period for alleged violations under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”)? No, the CPRA eliminates the thirty (30) day cure period originally permitted under the California Consumer Privacy...more
In the first of its kind under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Sephora settled an enforcement action with the California Attorney General for violation of the CCPA. Sephora must pay $1.2 million in penalties and...more
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit against Clearview AI, Inc. (Clearview AI) in March 2020, alleging that it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by capturing and using billions of...more
Everyone has been talking about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) lately, namely because the 2018 law became enforceable as of July 1, 2020. This law provides California consumers with a number of privacy-related...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 29, 2020, Facebook announced that it had reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a class action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the “BIPA”) in the U.S. District...more
Washington may be the next state to enact its own data privacy law after a bill was introduced into the Washington State Senate earlier this month. Known as the Washington Privacy Act, the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Reuven Carlyle,...more
The California legislature is considering significant amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ahead of the law’s January 1, 2020 implementation date. ...more