There has been a quiet shift recently where state privacy enforcement is often aided behind the scenes by private law firms, according to a Tuesday blog post from Frankfurt Kurnit attorneys. These firms typically develop the case and can even appear in the final complaint filed in court, lawyers Daniel Golberg and Holly Melton wrote.
Porn site Multi Media renewed its call for a district court to dismiss a lawsuit against it, arguing that when a user agreed to the platform's Terms & Services, he accepted an arbitration clause. Multi Media is one of four adult websites sued in the U.S. District Court for Kansas in May for allegedly failing to implement age-verification (see 2505130023).
States should amend comprehensive privacy laws to remove loopholes for consumer reporting agencies (CRAs), the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said in a white paper released Tuesday.
Age-verification vendors weren't "surprised" by attempts to circumvent proof-of-age mechanisms once the U.K. Online Safety Act (OSA) rules took effect Friday, Age Verification Providers Association Executive Director Iain Corby told us Tuesday.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced a $55,400 fine Tuesday against Accurate Append for failing to register as a data broker and pay the annual fee required by the state’s Delete Act (see 2507290031). The CPPA's latest fine signals the agency's crackdown on data brokers, said Troutman Amin law clerk Tammana Malik in a blog post. However, a study last month on California data brokers argues they largely ignore regulation.
A coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over what they claim are unlawful attempts to collect the personal data of millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients from the states. Led by the attorneys general of California and New York, the suit -- filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern California -- argues the federal demand for state data violates the U.S. Constitution and multiple federal privacy laws.
President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department argued Thursday that a judge's modification of a preliminary injunction against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) signals a state-led lawsuit against the federal government's access to private information is deficient and should be dismissed.
Upholding the firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter “destroys the independence” of the agency and hinders its ability to conduct its mission, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled in a filing Thursday.
Fidelity Information Services' (FIS) disclosure of personal information to the federal government about Washington residents who applied for or received food benefits is a breach of contract, the state's AG Nick Brown (D) alleged Thursday in a lawsuit.
Businesses should start thinking now about complying with new data-protection regulations approved Thursday by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), privacy attorneys said immediately afterward in blogs and LinkedIn posts. While consumer privacy advocates slammed the rules as weak, one acknowledged they still give California a lead over other U.S. states.