Key point: SB 690 passes the California legislatures and eliminates the private right of action for website-based pen register and trap-and-trace claims and reaches back two years, but it leaves CIPA §§ 631 and 632 and the federal Wiretap Act
Key Point: In a significant ruling for the AI industry, the Ninth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, holding that Amazon was unlikely to succeed on its Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and California Comprehensive Data Access
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Key point: Plaintiffs in Virginia have focused on a rarely tested state privacy statute with statutory damages that imposes notice-and-consent obligations on retailers that share or sell in-store customer data.
Most retailers have spent the last several years building their
Key Point: A multistate coalition of 42 state AGs reached a landmark $150 million settlement with 23andMe over a 2023 data breach affecting 6.9 million customers, marking the largest AG multistate settlement involving consumer genetic data to date. This resolution
Key points: Troutman Pepper Locke’s Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement (RISE) and Privacy + Cyber + AI practice groups worked with the firm’s innovation team using AI to collect and curate five years of data concerning state AG activities and
On June 26, 2026, Florida Attorney General (AG) James Uthmeier and Roku, Inc. announced a negotiated resolution of Florida’s enforcement action filed under the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR). Under the agreement, Roku will enhance its child protection features
On June 30, 2026, New Jersey enacted legislation A5328 (P.L.2026, c.25), which will expose a broad swath of U.S. companies to data broker registration fees ranging from $5,000 to $1.5 million annually. The new legislation is not limited to
Key point: Amendments to California Senate Bill (SB) 690 would foreclose private rights of action for pen register and trap and trace law and apply to cases brought within previous two years.
The Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee of the
