The Arkansas attorney general’s plea for a federal court to reverse or amend its ruling enjoining a social media safety act must “be rejected out of hand,” NetChoice said in a court brief Monday. The U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas previously sided with the tech association, ruling the safety act unconstitutional for violating the First and 14th Amendments (see 2504010044).
A case about a health-tracking app that allegedly unlawfully shared sensitive health information with third parties without user consent could preview how courts will address data privacy and user consent issues, Fisher Phillips lawyers said in a blog post Friday. Case 21-00757, Frasco v. Flo Health, Inc., alleges that the reproductive tracker app Flo transmitted personal information without user consent to third parties for commercial purposes, in violation of several California laws.
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against TikTok's request that a case alleging the social media platform violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act be dismissed. A state circuit court had previously denied a motion to dismiss the case, which TikTok appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court, asking to halt the case.
A coalition of stakeholders filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Tuesday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), blocking them from demanding and receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicant and recipient data from the states.
A federal court shouldn’t force Google to share users’ personal data in DOJ’s monopoly lawsuit against the company, the Competitive Enterprise Institute said Thursday.
A court ruled on Wednesday that the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure, applies to information stored online, and that people can have a reasonable expectation of privacy concerning information stored in files on the internet.
The New York Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state Attorney General's lawsuit against TikTok will continue, the AG office announced. AG Letitia James (D) sued the social media platform last October for alleged violations of consumer protection and product-liability laws (see 2501230015).
President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed an appeal seeking a stay against a federal court’s ruling reinstating fired members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (see 2505210073).
District Judge Jeannette Vargas denied President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department’s motion to dissolve a preliminary injunction (PI) against the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to sensitive Treasury data on Tuesday. The judge ruled that the PI order should be modified so that the department and department secretary cannot provide access to payment information or systems containing sensitive information unless DOGE personnel handling it have undergone specific training and vetting.
NetChoice filed a brief on Tuesday asking the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to side with a district court’s previous ruling and block the Utah attorney general from enforcing a law regulating social media and minors on First Amendment and privacy grounds.