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On January 13, 2026, eight United States Senators sent a letter to Alphabet, Meta, Reddit, Snap, TikTok, and X stating that they“are alarmed by reports of users exploiting generative AI tools to produce sexualized ‘bikini’ or ‘non-nude’ images of individuals without their consent and distributing them on platforms including X and others.” The senators requested…

On July 1, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Healthline Media LLC stemming from alleged violations of the state’s consumer privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). According to the complaint, Healthline’s privacy practices failed to comply with several core CCPA requirements.

Opt-Out Mechanisms

Under the CCPA, California residents have…

The California Attorney General published two legal advisories this week:

These advisories seek to remind businesses of consumer rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the…

Following the Sephora and DoorDash enforcement actions, on June 18, 2024, the California Attorney General announced its third California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement action against Tilting Point Media LLC. Tilting Point is a mobile video game developer, including children’s games. The California AG alleged that Tilting Point collected and shared children’s data without parental…

DoorDash, Inc. recently settled with the California Attorney General for alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA). This is only the second public settlement with the California AG’s office for claims related to CCPA violations (the first was with Sephora in 2022).

The AG’s complaint…

Last week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new enforcement focus on streaming apps’ failure to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This investigation will examine whether streaming services are complying with the opt-out requirements for businesses that sell or share consumers’ personal information as required by the CCPA. Specifically, the agency…

Bloomberg Law reported this week that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra expects to issue draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in October. Bloomberg reported that AG Becerra told reporters the regulations would be published next month. Businesses and consumers will then be able to submit public comments to the regulations. Bloomberg also…

Last week, UCLA notified 1242 patients that their health information may have been compromised in July when a faculty member’s laptop was stolen.

UCLA has notified the patients, the Office for Civil Rights and the California AG of the data breach.

Tough going for UCLA, which also suffered a cyber attack on its information systems…