There are "subjective differences" in how those within the privacy team and the rest of an organization think about data protection Ethyca CEO Cillian Kieran said Wednesday during an Ethyca webinar. Terms like data mapping, data inventory and data labeling may have different interpretations depending on whether you’re talking to the privacy team, engineers or the legal team, he said.
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DOJ’s new data transfer rule fundamentally changes how American companies should assess global data compliance, particularly concerning Chinese-related business, attorneys said in interviews.
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.
Recent court rulings in California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) cases may signal that judges are more skeptical about what counts as an actual injury under violations of the statute, said privacy lawyers: That could lead to more decisions in favor of businesses over plaintiffs. However, the lawyers said there's a long way to go before a definitive ruling is made.
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The U.S. District Court for Western Washington partially dismissed a class-action complaint Tuesday claiming that a hospital violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other laws. Plaintiffs alleged that Overlake Hospital Medical Center implemented the Facebook Tracking Pixel and other browser plugins on its website, then disclosed website users' information to third parties, including Facebook and Google, without consent, in violation of HIPAA and the center's privacy policies.
Websites with cookie banners allowing a visitor to opt out may still store cookies or scripts, raising compliance risks, said privacy experts on a Privado panel Thursday.
Gambling platform DraftKings asked the U.S. District Court for Southern New York to dismiss a case against it Friday, arguing the complaint in case 24-05997 oversteps the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).
A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for Northern Georgia on Thursday granted class-action status to a plaintiff who alleged that health and medical corporation WebMD violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by disclosing video-viewing information to Meta Platforms. WebMD had argued that class certification should not be granted because the proposed class is not adequately defined or ascertainable and that individual privacy settings impede the commonality requirement.