CIPA

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires that privacy notices be updated annually, and that the detailed disclosures it proscribes be in those notices reflect the 12-month period prior to the effective (posting) date. Interestingly, failure to make annual updates was one of several alleged CCPA violations that resulted in a recent $1.35 Million administrative

Last month, a district court in the Northern District of California delivered a fatal blow to the Javier saga, dismissing his claim with prejudice. Javier v. Assurance IQ, LLC, No. 20-CV-02860-CRB, 2023 WL 3933070 (N.D. Cal. June 9, 2023).   As we previously reported, the court’s holding concludes a drawn-out dispute on a website

Last summer, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit buoyed plaintiffs’ lawyers  interest in “session replay” software when it revived a putative class action against a website operator and a session replay software provider for violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).  Earlier this month, addressing issues left by the Ninth Circuit

Last week, a federal court in California dismissed a complaint concerning allegations that Otonomo, a data broker that partnered with car manufacturers, “used electronic devices in [drivers’] cars to send real-time GPS location data directly to [defendant],” allowing Otonomo to track drivers’ location in real-time.  Read on to learn more about what this means for

The California Supreme Court recently issued a significant decision interpreting California’s Invasion of Privacy Act, which may lead to criminal and civil liabilities for intentionally recording phone calls without obtaining the appropriate level of consent.  [Note: for other litigations involving the statute, check out our prior coverage here and here].  This interpretation