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.
The U.S. District Court for Southern New York should deny a request from President Donald Trump asking to confirm the scope of the preliminary injunction court order in a case about unlawful access to private information, the New York state attorney general office said in a letter Tuesday.
The New Jersey Essex County Superior Court will dismiss the state's case against social media platform TikTok, Judge Lisa Adubato said in a notice Saturday.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) filed an answering brief in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday, reiterating that the bill regulating kids’ social media feeds at the center of the case is constitutional, and that plaintiff NetChoice failed to compile a record showing how the legislation would impact platforms -- including those of NetChoice members -- across the internet.
Department store Bloomingdale's was hit with a class-action complaint Monday over violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act for allegedly sharing personal information and data with social media platform TikTok without user consent.
TikTok moved to dismiss a case that New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) brought for alleged violations of the state's consumer-protection law. The AG lacks jurisdiction to bring the case, and federal law bars many of its counts, the social media platform's motion said.