Keypoint: The amendment limits claims and updates the definition of written release.
On August 2, 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed SB 2979 into law. The bill amends the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to limit the number of
Keypoint: Although New York lacks a consumer data privacy law, the New York Attorney General’s office has taken the position that New York’s consumer protection laws require entities to implement certain tracking technology practices.
In mid-July the New York Attorney
Keypoint: The Texas Attorney General reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta over its alleged violations of Texas’ biometric privacy law.
On July 30, 2024, the Texas Attorney General announced that it has reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta
Keypoint: The California legislature has many pending privacy and AI-related bills to consider before it closes on August 31.
The California legislature left for its summer recess on July 3 and will reconvene on August 5. Once it returns, the
Keypoint: Courts reject personal jurisdiction arguments and suggest the Shopify decision will be overturned; Courts continue to show differing approaches to VPPA claims at the pleading stage with a large VPPA class action settlement recently approved.
Welcome to the fifteenth
Keypoint: The settlement, which includes a $500,000 fine and injunctive relief, arises out of alleged violations of the CCPA’s children’s privacy provisions and COPPA.
On June 18, 2024, the California Attorney General announced it had reached a settlement with an
Keypoint: While the act does not include many provisions found in the more recent consumer data privacy laws, it would expand privacy notice obligations in one significant way although the applicability and scope of that requirement is unclear due to
Keypoint: The Central District of California issued several wiretapping decisions in May while two decisions on the VPPA illustrate how claims fail or succeed at the pleading stage.
Welcome to the fourteenth installment in our monthly data privacy litigation report.
Keypoint: Assuming the bills become law and go into effect, operators of websites and online services that collect the personal data of minors and are subject to the bills will need to undertake several compliance activities.
On June 7, 2024,
Keypoint: Assuming the bills become law and go into effect, operators of websites and online services that collect the personal data of minors and are subject to the bills will need to undertake several compliance activities.
On June 7, 2024,
