In today’s marketplace, businesses hold vast amounts of consumer data. That data plays a central role in shaping business strategies. One of the most critical aspects of any business strategy is pricing and the process of determining how much to charge for a product or service and to whom. Price discrimination refers to a business
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SeatGeek Hit with Class Action Over Sharing User Data with TikTok and Meta
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
SeatGeek, the popular online ticketing platform, is facing a proposed class action in California federal court over allegations that it improperly shared website visitors’ personal information with TikTok and Meta through online tracking technologies. The complaint alleges that SeatGeek embedded TikTok and Meta tracking pixels on its website, enabling the companies to collect users’ personal…
Federal Jury Finds Against Meta for Collecting Data from Flo Health
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
On August 1, 2025, a California federal jury found that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by collecting data from the Flo Health app without the consent of the individuals who downloaded the app and provided information about their period, ovulation, and pregnancies.
CIPA is California’s wiretap law, and the jury found…
Purl v HHS: Resetting the Reproductive Health Privacy Landscape
By Roma Patel on
Posted in HIPAA and Health Information
Reproductive health privacy is once again in the legal spotlight with a recent federal district court decision that struck down nearly all of a recent rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that protected reproductive healthcare-related information privacy.
In a ruling issued on June 18, 2025, in Purl v. Department of Health…
Etsy Sued Over Pixel Trackers: What It Means for Your Business
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
If you’ve ever browsed Etsy looking for a handmade candle or a quirky T-shirt, you might have unknowingly shared more than just your shopping preferences. A new lawsuit filed last week in California claims that Etsy has been quietly allowing third-party companies like Google, Meta, and Microsoft to collect personal data from users through website…
California’s SB 690: A Game-Changer for Website Privacy Lawsuits Pushes Forward
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
On June 3, 2025, the California Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 690 (SB 690) in a 35-0 vote, a strong show of support for reining in a flood of lawsuits that have taken many companies by surprise over the last few years. The bill now heads to the California Assembly, where it will face further…
Why Dumping Sensitive Data on Network Shares is a Liability
By Kathryn Rattigan & Jim Merrifield on
Posted in Information Governance
Are you storing sensitive data on a shared network drive? If so, your organization could be at serious risk of a data breach or privacy lawsuit. Shared drives, like the common “S:\ drive,” are often used to store documents, spreadsheets, customer information, financial records, and even scanned IDs. But here’s the problem: these network shares…
Florida Data Broker Fined $46,000 by California Privacy Watchdog
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
In yet another reminder that California takes data privacy seriously, this month, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) fined Florida-based data broker Jerico Pictures, Inc. (d/b/a National Public Data) $46,000 for failing to register under the state’s Delete Act.
The fine is the maximum allowed by law and was imposed after the company failed to…
California Cryobank Hit with Lawsuit over Sperm Donor Databank Breach
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
California Cryobank, LLC, the largest sperm bank in the country, faces a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California over an April 2024 data breach. Cryobank provides frozen donor sperm and specialized reproductive health care services, including egg and embryo storage.
Cryobank notified the affected individuals this month that it…
Privacy Tip #428 – Getting Text Messages From E-ZPass or Toll Road Operators? They’re Scams Coming from China
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
This week, I received a fake text message (a smish) saying my E-ZPass account was overdue and that I urgently needed to pay it. That’s a new one and, apparently, quite effective. Luckily, I knew it was a scam, but others were victimized.
According to the website Krebs on Security, security researchers “say the…