TikTok must face a case accusing it of violating the Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act (NDTPA) by deploying addictive social media algorithms, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday, siding with an earlier district court decision.
NetChoice "will explore all available options" after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied the trade association's petition to rehear a case challenging the constitutionality of a California social media addiction law. The court gave no reason for its denial.
Dollar Tree violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) when it failed to remove third-party tracking technology from its website after consumers chose to reject advertising cookies, said an amended class-action lawsuit Thursday.
The sudden dismissal of a consumer's biometrics lawsuit in Illinois against Home Depot leaves legal questions about facial scanning technology's future use at self-checkout kiosks, said Kathryn Rattigan, Robinson+Cole lawyer, in a blog post Thursday.
Geography places boundaries on California's privacy statutes, though courts and lawmakers could feel pressure to clarify these limits or even expand them, said Robinson+Cole lawyer Kathryn Rattigan in a blog post Thursday.
Texas announced a lawsuit against Roblox on Thursday in state court for violating state and federal online safety laws via its conduct with children. It follows several other state attorneys general who have filed similar litigation against the gaming platform.
Despite having a “laudable goal,” Colorado may not enforce a law requiring mental health warning labels on social media, the U.S. District Court for Colorado ruled in case 25-cv-2538-WJM-KAS as it granted tech industry association NetChoice’s motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday.
A recent decision added to the growing number of courts dismissing California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) cases for failure to cite cognizable harm, and went further by ruling that consumers lack a reasonable expectation of privacy with metadata such as IP addresses, said Fisher Phillips lawyer Usama Kahf in a LinkedIn post Wednesday.
A University of Pennsylvania alum sued his alma mater Monday after a mass email was sent to students, parents, faculty and alumni on Halloween, threatening to leak their personal information.
A group of families on Friday voluntarily dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Disney that accused the company of illegally collecting children's data. No reason was given.