Acting U.S. Department of Education Secretary Denise Carter asked a federal court on Monday to deny the California Student Association’s March 4 motion for expedited discovery in a case about the Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive information. Carter alleges the student association hasn't made a case for expedited discovery and failed to show the irreparable harm DOGE's access to Education Department records would have on its members.
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on Friday opposed TikTok's motion to dismiss a case alleging violation of consumer protection and product-liability laws, claiming its dismissal motion "rests on a mischaracterization of the allegations in the Complaint."
The FTC asked an Idaho court Friday to deny data broker Kochava’s request for a jury trial and strike its affirmative defenses in a case alleging that the company's data sales are unfair acts or practices likely to cause substantial injury to consumers in violation of Section 5(a) of the FTC Act.
Kids and their guardians on Wednesday urged the U.S. District Court for Central California to continue pursuing a class-action complaint against TikTok alleging the social media platform invaded the privacy of users younger than 13, a violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and other laws. TikTok filed a motion to dismiss on Jan. 29 on the basis that the plaintiffs never identified what personal information was collected from them, or how that caused them harm.
Three amicus briefs were submitted to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday supporting California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) in a case about a bill regulating social media feeds for minors. The legislation, S.B.-976, would make it illegal for internet-based services and applications to provide an addictive feed to a user younger than 18 unless the operator does not know that the user is a minor.
A U.S. district court judge approved an agreement by the parties Tuesday delaying California AG Rob Bonta (D) from enforcing certain provisions of the state’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act until at least April 5. NetChoice is challenging the legislation in court.
The U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania Tuesday approved a $6.8 million settlement between Rite Aid and class-action plaintiffs in a data-breach case where the drugstore chain exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) of more than 2 million people in 2024.
The U.S. District Court for Southern New York ruled Tuesday that media company Springer Nature cannot dismiss a class-action complaint over alleged violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). The defendant argued the plaintiff fails to state a claim for relief under the act because Springer Nature is not a video tape service provider nor do they plaintiffs’ qualify as consumers under the VPPA.
Life insurance company Globe Life was hit with two class-action lawsuits last week in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas over its failure to protect the personally identifiable information (PII) of its customers when unauthorized access to information systems was gained in 2024.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) sued the federal government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Friday for failing to respond to a pair of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about its information security and worker privacy practices, EPIC said Monday.