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California’s strict privacy laws, particularly the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), are fueling a surge in class action lawsuits against major companies over their use of online tracking technologies. In recent weeks, prominent brands including Estée Lauder, Nike, and Luxottica have been hit with proposed class actions in the Northern District of California, all…

Recently, the United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas granted summary judgment for the defendant hospital in Sweat v. Houston Methodist Hospital, No. 4:24-cv-00775 (S.D. Tex. 9/22/25). The court had previously dismissed the plaintiffs’ claim for invasion of privacy. The motion for summary judgment concentrated on the plaintiffs’ claims that…

For those of you who are on Facebook, beware of a new malvertising ad campaign identified by Bitdefender analysis. The campaign “coerces unsuspecting users into installing a fake ‘Meta Verified’ browser extension” that includes video tutorials designed to “harvest sensitive user data, including session cookies, access tokens and IP addresses.” If victims follow the tutorial…

Mindvalley Inc., a self-improvement and online learning platform, has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that it unlawfully shared users’ video-viewing information with Meta through the use of tracking technology on its website. On August 22, 2025, Judge Noël Wise of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted…

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…

On April 22, 2025, the National Football League (NFL) filed an amicus brief asking the United States Supreme Court to take on a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action case against the National Basketball Association (NBA). In my last post, we covered a recent VPPA lawsuit against a movie theater company and reviewed…

Threat actors are leveraging the publicity around AI tools to trick users into downloading the malware known as Noodlophile through social media sites. 

Researchers from Morphisec have observed threat actors, believed to originate from Vietnam, posting on Facebook groups and other social media sites touting free AI tools. Users are tricked into believing that the…

TikTok users are seeking alternate platforms to share and view content as the U.S. is set to ban the popular social media app on January 19, 2025. Instead of turning to U.S.-based companies like Facebook or Instagram, users are flocking to another Chinese app called Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote. The app, which previously…