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The White House is moving closer to a voluntary framework under which AI companies would submit their most advanced models to the federal government before public release. The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director reportedly circulated the draft framework by to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, and those companies jointly submitted edits. Although the review…

A recent Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) article reports that companies that make wearable trackers, whether for fitness or health, “are behind the times when it comes to basic privacy practices and transparency” and urges those companies to “improve those practices.”

The article, Most Smart Watches, Rings, and Bands Lack Basic Transparency Reports and Key Privacy …

Threat actors are spoofing big brand logos in recruiting scams to dupe individuals into believing they are working with real companies and to divulge their Google credentials.

The scam was first identified by a Team Cymru researcher, who discovered that threat actors were impersonating recruiters from big brands to target marketing professionals. The fraudulent emails…

A proposed class action accusing Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc., of unlawfully sharing website visitor data with Meta, Google, and other third parties was voluntarily dismissed in the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs alleged that Kenneth Cole used third-party tracking tools on its website that allowed those companies to collect data about consumers’ interactions with the…

Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that users generally lack a reasonable expectation of privacy in unprotected Google search records, underscoring how aggressively some courts are still applying third-party doctrine principles to digital data. Commonwealth v. Kurtz, 348 A.3d 133 (Pa. 2025). Our previous blog post on Kurtz is available here.

California resident Nathaniel Bee filed a lawsuit this week alleging that the ATP Tour’s website used third-party tracking technology that captured details on how visitors interacted with the site, including what content they viewed; how they navigated the website; and what type of device they used, without user consent in violation of the California Invasion…

Gmail users are being urged to review and disable two key “Smart Features” settings following privacy concerns stemming from reports that these tools may allow Google to access email content to support AI‑driven services and may use users’ data for training. The two features are included in Gmail, Chat and Meet, and Google Workspace Smart…

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…

Overview of Commonwealth v. Kurtz

On December 16, 2025, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that individuals do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in general, unprotected Google search records. Commonwealth v. Kurtz, No. 98 MAP 2023 (Pa. Dec. 16, 2025). In this criminal case, law enforcement obtained a so-called “reverse keyword search warrant” from…