The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will focus on sectors and technologies that compromise rights and create power and information imbalances, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd said Tuesday as the OAIC released its 2025-2026 agenda.
Recent settlements show the vulnerability of companies that hire privacy vendors and think they're in compliance, Frankfurt Kurnit attorneys said during a webinar Thursday. In addition, they noted that states besides California are becoming more active in privacy litigation and enforcement.
Amazon said a district court wrongly granted class certification in a 2021 case against that alleged the online retail giant unlawfully recorded and collected private conversations through its virtual assistant Alexa. The company appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
A class-action complaint alleging a software company created and sold consumer profiles without their consent will continue, the U.S. District Court for Northern California ruled on Friday.
Google continued to claim it acted lawfully in a reply Monday about a case alleging the company intentionally captured communications between health providers and patients containing identifiable private health information (PHI). Google has fought the privacy case since 2023.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's recent ruling in Gutierrez v. Converse raised the bar for plaintiffs filing lawsuits involving website chats, and questioned whether the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) applies to internet communications, said three Fisher Phillips lawyers in a blog post Monday.
Though litigation against tracking technologies may have become excessive, it’s better to ensure your company is in compliance with all privacy statutes than to complain about abusive lawsuits, said privacy experts during a panel on the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) hosted by Troutman Amin on Monday.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau on Wednesday announced compliance tool updates for digital advertising companies.
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.
A federal judge granted class action certification on Monday in a 2021 case alleging Amazon unlawfully recorded and collected private conversations through its virtual assistant Alexa, without notice or consent. Case 21-00750 alleges violation of six states’ wiretap laws and Washington state’s Consumer Protection Act.