NetChoice renewed its motion to stay district court proceedings Tuesday in a case about California’s SB-976, a social media law that the association alleges undermines free speech and privacy principles and leaves Californians at risk of data breaches and identity theft (see 2501060009).
T-Mobile made its final written arguments this week at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against a $80 million fine imposed by the FCC for allegedly not safeguarding data on customers' real-time locations. T-Mobile was also fined $12.2 million for violations by Sprint, which it later acquired. The FCC and the government defended the fines in January during the last weeks of President Joe Biden's administration (see 2501130061). Oral argument is scheduled for March 24.
Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Charles Ezell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday opposed the Electronic Privacy Information Coalition's motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO), arguing that EPIC is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its case. EPIC sued over the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) alleged illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data, and asked the courts for a TRO to end the unlawful actions.
The U.S. District Court for Northern California denied Google’s motion to reject a request by almost 70,000 claimants in a class action suit about recording Google Assistant conversations without consent Friday. This allows the claimants to leave the class suit and file individual arbitrations against Google.
The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) on Tuesday opposed a motion by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) to dismiss a challenge to a kids social media bill. CCIA said Moody’s objections are meritless and focus more on the way the complaint is organized, rather than its content.
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).