Monthly Archives: March 2019

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Search Google Settlement Agreement for Fairness

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday remanded a class action against Google so that the lower courts could determine whether any of the named plaintiffs have standing under Spokeo, Inc. v. Robbins. The underlying suit alleged violations of the Stored

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Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FACTA Suit on Standing Grounds

A three-judge panel of the Third Circuit recently affirmed a district court ruling that dismissed a suit for violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 (FACTA) for lack of Article III standing.  The plaintiff, Ahmed Kamal,

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Posted in Litigation, Privacy, Regulations

Congress Holds Hearings on Privacy and Data Protection

With all of the hubbub swirling around Capitol Hill last week with the Michael Cohen hearings, you can’t be blamed if you missed the fact that two important congressional hearings on privacy and data protection took place as well, one

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Posted in Data Security, Legislation, Privacy

FTC Announces Record Settlement for Children’s Privacy Violations

On February 27, the FTC announced that the operators of the video social networking application Musical.ly, now known as TikTok, agreed to pay $5.7 million to settle allegations that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). According to the

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