The U.S. District Court for Middle Tennessee denied NetChoice’s motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on a law limiting kids’ access to social media accounts. NetChoice’s claims of irreparable harm are at odds with its delay in filing motions for relief, the court said Friday.
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that retailers in three consolidated appeals of violations under the New Hampshire Driver Privacy Act did not violate the act when they transmitted customers' driver’s license information to a third party, affirming the district court’s orders from January 2024.
The University of California Student Association renewed its call Thursday for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Education’s disclosure of personal information to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), in response to an opposition motion filed Thursday by Acting Secretary of Education Denise Carter (see 2502130037).
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a $725 million class-action settlement against Meta Thursday, despite opponents claiming the deal is inadequate and that the social media company should pay more. The suit accuses Meta, parent company of Facebook, of violating user privacy by allowing advertisers and partners to harvest user data without their consent.
An Amazon spokesperson denied any wrongdoing in response to a location data class action filed under Washington state's My Health My Data Act. The complaint alleged that Amazon harvested the location data of users without their consent (see 2502120053).
DOJ will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse “unconstitutional” protections preventing the president from firing members of commissions like the FTC, acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris wrote Congress on Wednesday.
Acting Secretary of Education Denise Carter filed Thursday in opposition to a motion for a temporary restraining order on employee access to Education Department systems from the University of California Student Association. The government cited a conflict with the separation of powers and the unlikeliness that plaintiffs will succeed on the merits of their claim.
The first class-action complaint under Washington’s 2024 My Health My Data Act was filed Monday against Amazon for allegedly harvesting the location data of users without their consent.
President Donald Trump asked the U.S. District Court of Southern New York to deny 19 states' motion for a preliminary injunction to block Elon Musk’s data-collection efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
X Corp. filed a reply on Tuesday that supports an earlier motion to dismiss data-scraping company Bright Data's counterclaims in a copyright case at the U.S. District Court of Northern California.