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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…

A class action complaint filed in the Northern District of California on October 17, 2025, alleges that entertainment and arcade franchise Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc., misled website visitors about users’ ability to reject cookies and tracking technologies. The lawsuit, brought by two California residents, claims that the Dave & Buster’s website continued to place…

The Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group has been responding to and monitoring malware dubbed BRICKSTORM targeting “a range of industry verticals, most notably legal services, Software as a Service (SaaS) providers, Business Process Outsourcers (BPOs), and Technology.” According to Mandiant/Google, “the value of these targets extends beyond typical espionage missions, potentially providing data…

A California federal court has refused to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging that Condé Nast unlawfully installed online trackers on its websites, signaling yet another instance of courts applying a decades-old privacy statute to modern data collection practices.

The lawsuit alleges that when the plaintiff visited Condé Nast-owned publications’ websites such as The New…

An attack against Salesforce between August 8 and August 18 targeting data through its Salesloft Drift app “is more extensive than at first thought.” The attack targeted numerous Salesforce customers “systematically exfiltrating large volumes of data.”

Google affirmed that threat actors not only targeted the Salesforce integration with Salesloft Drift, but also targeted some Google…

On August 11, 2025, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published updated guidance relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule (Privacy Rule) in the form of two new FAQs. The FAQs clarify the OCR’s position on (1) permitted disclosures of protected health information (PHI) to value-based care arrangements and (2)…