On Tuesday, monetization platform Patreon asked the U.S. District Court for Northern California to reject more than 900 opt-outs in a settlement about privacy violations. Patreon argued the opt-outs, submitted by the law firm Lexclaim, the contingent objector in the case, violate the settlement agreement’s ban on group opt-outs and did not comply with the court-approved class notice.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a $725 million class-action settlement against Meta Thursday, despite opponents claiming the deal is inadequate and that the social media company should pay more. The suit accuses Meta, parent company of Facebook, of violating user privacy by allowing advertisers and partners to harvest user data without their consent.
The data breaches that occurred as a result of negligent data security practices by two auto insurance companies, GEICO and Travelers, and the resulting settlements secured by the New York attorney general, are a recent example of why regulation of insurance companies is so important, said lawyers at a Practicing Law Institute webinar Thursday.
Comments are due March 17 on the FTC’s proposed settlement over allegations that GoDaddy misrepresented its data security practices for several years, the agency said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Thursday.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) Tuesday discussed enforcement activities concerning the DeepSeek AI chatbot and agreed to extend the scope of its ChatGPT task force to AI enforcement, a spokesperson emailed. The task force was created to encourage cooperation and exchange information on possible enforcement actions conducted by data protection authorities (DPAs) on ChatGPT.
Members of the advocacy group Oakland Privacy traveled to Chicago on Jan. 30 to tell a federal court in person that the proposed class action settlement resolving claims against Clearview AI for allegedly scraping facial images off the internet and then selling them to law enforcement is inadequate, the coalition said in a press release Tuesday.
Meta defended a $725 million class action settlement Friday at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, with the Facebook parent urging a rejection of the opponents' arguments that the deal is inadequate.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violated federal privacy law by allowing Elon Musk and his associates access to sensitive data, and the Trump administration is violating the law by halting work at the agency, a federal employee union said in two lawsuits filed Sunday.
Sensitive information and transparency are key privacy issues that will continue attracting litigation, including in Texas, which has become a major player in regulation and enforcement, Odia Kagan, a partner in the law firm Fox Rothschild, said in an interview.
A Washington state House chair strongly supported letting individuals sue companies in comprehensive privacy legislation despite concerns that state and national industry groups raised about possibly making Washington the only state with that type of enforcement mechanism. At a livestreamed hearing Tuesday, the House Technology Committee heard support from consumer advocates and opposition from industry about HB-1671, a measure Rep. Shelley Kloba (D) introduced. Kloba hopes the bill can be scheduled for a committee vote next week, her office said after the hearing.