The VPPA may be nearly four-decades old and video-rental stores largely a thing of the past, but the rise of online content, streaming services and ancillary activities has brought with it frequent litigation based on the VPPA. The key challenge in these litigations is how to interpret the VPPA’s 1980s terms in light of today’s digital advances.
The VPPA may be nearly four-decades old and video-rental stores largely a thing of the past, but the rise of online content, streaming services and ancillary activities has brought with it frequent litigation based on the VPPA. The key challenge in these litigations is how to interpret the VPPA’s 1980s terms in light of today’s digital advances.
For decades, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act has been the only law to expressly address privacy for minors’ information other than student data. In the absence of more robust federal requirements, states are stepping in to regulate not only the processing of all minors’ data, but also online platforms used by teens and children.
Plaintiff’s lawyers struggling to find another nuisance suit cash grab in a desert of privacy laws without a private right of action appear to have found their oasis. Like a hiker desperate for water in the Valley of the Sun, plaintiff’s firms are desperately trying to tie a little-known state law to common email tracking pixel technologies. With the potential for class-action litigation and significant financial exposure, companies relying on these technologies must reassess their risk.
What Law Firms Need to Know Before Trusting AI Systems with Confidential Information As artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize industries, the legal profession is no exception. Every authority agrees about the transformative impact AI is having on legal services. As law firms and corporate legal departments adopt AI technologies to streamline their practices, they must face the inevitable question: How secure are these AI systems?
California's Supreme Court will consider the reach of two data privacy laws cited in a recent appellate case that found an education vendor potentially liable for a breach of student information.
Effective third-party risk management means data is being considered differently. There is an extra layer requiring management and response for data privacy. The landscape is complicated, but if organizations are proactive, and review obligations as soon as they are published, there will be less room for missteps.
Instant access to the internet has made sharing photographs online easy. Unfortunately, this has opened the door to revenge porn. Revenge porn is a serious violation of privacy that can have devastating consequences for victims. How might a victim of revenge porn counteract posts of compromising photographs to social media?
Amazon and Starbucks were granted a motion to dismiss most claims against them in a proposed class action alleging that the companies illegally tracked consumers' biometric information.
The FTC describes "surveillance pricing" as a "new frontier" made possible by advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The agency says it wants to learn how surveillance pricing affects privacy, competition and consumer protection.
