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Wiretapping
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Taft Privacy & Data Security Insights
What to Know: Your Company Website and the California Information Privacy Act
An ongoing issue many of our clients are dealing with are claims under the California Information Privacy Act (CIPA). This is actually a criminal statute and should not be confused…
Inside Class Actions
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Wiretap Claims Based on Party Exception
On October 27, 2025, the Ninth Circuit affirmed in a memorandum opinion the dismissal of a proposed class action asserting that the owner of a cybersecurity browser extension violated the…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Trap and Trace Claims: Plaintiffs Target Website Search Bar Data Under Wiretap Laws
Lawsuits are rapidly multiplying against website operators over how user information is collected and shared. Plaintiffs are increasingly creative in asserting that website tracking tools, especially those tied to search…
Inside Class Actions
California Court Dismisses Hotel Website Wiretapping Suit Based on “In Transit” Requirement
Recently, a California federal judge dismissed a suit alleging that Sojern, Inc., a travel marketing platform, violated the Federal Wiretap Act and California law by allegedly installing “tracking technology” on…
Class Action Defense Blog
Hospital Defeats Wiretap Adtech Class Action After Texas Federal Court Finds No Knowing Disclosure Of Protected Health Information
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Justin Donoho, and Hayley Ryan Duane Morris Takeaways: On September 22, 2025, in Sweat v. Houston Methodist Hospital, No. 24-CV-00775, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185310…
Privacy + Cyber + AI
The Balancing Act: Tracking Technology Trends and Risk Mitigation Techniques
This article was republished on ALM's Business Crimes Bulletin on September 30, 2025 and on Law.com on October 14, 2025. Key point: Addressing the litigation and regulatory risks regarding tracking…
Global Policy Watch
Court Clarifies Federal Wiretap Act’s Crime-Tort Exception: “Commercial Purposes” Are “Not the Stuff of Which a Crime-Tort Is Made”
By Austin Riddick, Matthew Verdin
After last year’s landmark ruling holding that the Massachusetts Wiretap Act does not prohibit businesses’ use of pixels to capture website browsing data, Massachusetts plaintiffs have shifted their focus to…
Inside Class Actions
Court Clarifies Federal Wiretap Act’s Crime-Tort Exception: “Commercial Purposes” Are “Not the Stuff of Which a Crime-Tort Is Made”
By Austin Riddick, Matthew Verdin
After last year’s landmark ruling holding that the Massachusetts Wiretap Act does not prohibit businesses’ use of pixels to capture website browsing data, Massachusetts plaintiffs have shifted their focus to…
Inside Class Actions
Eyewear Company Wins Dismissal of Pixel Wiretapping Suit
By Vivian Wen, Jordan Joachim, Kathryn Cahoy
Heath and health-adjacent websites, from home pregnancy test companies to eyewear companies, continue to be a target for wiretapping lawsuits if they use pixels or other common-place third-party technologies. A…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Workplace Recordings and Eavesdropping: Limiting Criminal and Legal Liabilities
By: Adam R. Young, Mark A. Lies, II, and Bret W.Vetter 1. Introduction The ubiquity of smartphones and sensitive security cameras have made audio recording in the workplace more common.…