The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday dismissed claims that shoe company Converse aided and abetted violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) when it used a Salesforce chat function. While the three-judge panel affirmed summary justice of the district court, one judge went a step further, and said the wiretapping clause of the Act should not apply to internet communications.
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A controversial proposed change to the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) will be held until next year, said state Sen. Anna Caballero (D) during an Assembly Public Safety Committee hearing Tuesday. The committee advanced Caballero’s SB-690 to the Privacy Committee with the understanding that it will be delayed. A day earlier, the committee staff raised questions about whether SB-690 was designed to protect “mom-and-pop” businesses from frivolous lawsuits.
In a reversal, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided a privacy case against Bloomingdale's, ruling that the retailer violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) when it tracked an online shopper's movement without consent. The decision indicates the court's favorable sentiment concerning protecting citizens' privacy and a shift in its approach to the wiretapping statute, Loeb & Loeb privacy lawyer Allison Cohen blogged.
Education technology vendor Instructure renewed its request that a district court dismiss a privacy suit against it, arguing that the plaintiffs failed to allege constitutional violations or invasion of privacy, and didn't prove violations of California law.
Cookies and other tracking technologies were considered simple tools to enhance website users' experience but have become "ground zero" in the data-protection consent space, privacy and cybersecurity attorney Scott Loughlin said at a June 12 Hogan Lovells webinar.
The reasoning behind court decisions to grant or deny class certification in recent privacy cases serves to show what parts of a website are most open to lawsuits and warn businesses to ensure their privacy policies and practices are up to par, according to two Fisher Phillips blogs.
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A court dismissed claims of privacy violations against Google Thursday that have dogged the company since 2023, ruling that an update on its help pages with instructions about preventing Google from receiving private health information (PHI) proved the tech giant wasn't intentionally obtaining the data.
A coalition of tech watchdogs Wednesday blasted the California Senate's passage of SB-690 (see 2506030058), a bill aimed at amending the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).