Jam City, Inc., a prominent mobile gaming company behind popular franchises such as Harry Potter and Frozen, has agreed to pay $1.4 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) by failing to provide adequate privacy opt-out mechanisms for its users. This resolution, announced by
Navigating Website Privacy Risks in California: CIPA Tracker Claims, TCPA Marketing, CCPA Compliance, and Why Arbitration in Your Terms Matter
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy, Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- The surge in California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) lawsuits targeting website tracking technologies;
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) risks in digital marketing;
Website Tracking Lawsuits: What Restaurants and Hospitality Businesses Need to Know
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
As restaurants and hospitality businesses adopt digital platforms to engage customers, tools like cookies, pixels, and session replay are widely used to improve user experience and marketing. However, this increased reliance on tracking technologies has triggered a sharp rise in lawsuits and regulatory investigations nationwide, even for small businesses and those outside major cities.
Restaurants…
Navigating the Future: Generative AI and Information Governance in 2025
By Jim Merrifield on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace, unlocking new possibilities in automation, creativity, and problem-solving. However, as we look toward 2025, the success and sustainability of Gen AI will depend on one critical element: information governance. Governance frameworks will provide the foundation for ethical AI development and ensure compliance, accountability…
Neural Data Included in CCPA Amendments
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
As we outlined in our previous blog article, California recently became the second state to enact a law safeguarding consumer brain data, following a similar law passed by Colorado in April. Both state laws prevent the sale or unauthorized sharing of data generated by consumer neurotechnology products. Under these new state privacy laws, companies…
California Privacy Protection Agency Announces Additional Enforcement Focuses
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
The regulatory enforcement agency for the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the CCPA), the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced additional enforcement focuses this week, including an emphasis on dark patterns on businesses’ websites. Michael Macko, Deputy Director of the CPPA, said, “The number of investigations we…
California Attorney General Settles Third CCPA Enforcement Action
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
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…
Vermont Data Privacy Act, Most Robust Consumer Protections Since CCPA
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
Last week, the Vermont legislature passed H. 121, the Vermont Data Privacy Act. This law will make Vermont the 18th state to grant consumers privacy rights similar to those under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). It is scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2025.
While the Vermont Data Privacy Act…
DoorDash Settles with California Attorney General for Alleged Violations of the CCPA
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
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…
California Privacy Protection Agency Issues Advisory on Data Minimization
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) recently issued an enforcement advisory encouraging covered businesses to focus on their data minimization obligations related to consumer requests under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The advisory categorizes data minimization as a “foundational principle” of the CCPA and reflects the reasons why businesses will apply this principle for…