Topic
Website Tracking
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Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
The Spotlight Shines Even Brighter: New York Attorney General Publishes Guidance On Businesses’ Use Of Website Tracking Technologies
Organizations across the spectrum rely heavily on website tracking technologies to understand user behavior, enhance customer experience, and drive growth. The convenience and insights these technologies offer come with a…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Businesses Beware: California Trap & Trace Lawsuits Target Common Website Tools
By Publisher, Ryan H. Crosner, Benjamin W. Perry, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits Businesses are facing a wave of lawsuits advancing novel legal theories targeting the use of website visitor tracking tools such as cookies, pixels, and web beacons. The suits…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
New York Attorney General Issues Website Tracking Guidelines for Businesses and Consumers
This week, the New York Attorney General issued two privacy guides—one for businesses and one for consumers—outlining online tracking and privacy controls for websites and browsers. The investigation found that…
Healthcare Law Blog
HIPAA Web Tracking Guidance Vacated
This week, in a significant win for the American Hospital Association plaintiff, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an opinion vacating the Department of Health…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Crumbl Sued for Disclosing Data to Stripe Without Consent
In the latest surge of lawsuits against retailers for embedding tracking technology into websites, yummy cookie company Crumbl was sued on May 1, 2024, for allegedly embedding web-tracking technology allowing…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
California Trap & Trace Class Actions on the Rise in the Age of Website Trackers
Future LLC, a magazine and website publisher and owner of the TechRadar.com website, faces allegations that it collected website visitors’ IP addresses without consent in violation of the California Invasion…
Inside Class Actions
Washington State Court Dismisses Wiretapping and Other Claims Involving Hospital Website
By Erin Moore
A Washington court recently dismissed with prejudice putative class action claims against Seattle Children’s Hospital asserting that use of third-party tracking technology on its website constituted wiretapping and other privacy…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
New Wave of Website Privacy Lawsuits Under the Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device Theory
California class action plaintiffs have begun to file under a new theory—the pen register and trap and trace device theory under Section 638.51 of the California Invasion of Privacy Act.…
WilmerHale Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
Year in Review: 2023 Web Tracking Litigation and Enforcement
By WilmerHale Privacy and Cybersecurity Lawyers
This blog post provides an overview of the specific California laws that plaintiffs use to bring lawsuits against companies that utilize these types of web tools as well as a…
RopesDataPhiles
Dashing Through 2023’s Privacy Litigation Trends
By Kate Kaplan, Fran Faircloth
Looking back on 2023, the trend of privacy-based class actions has only increased, and it doesn’t seem poised to halt or even slow down in the new year. Businesses are…