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Businesses that run consumer-facing websites have spent the past several years contending with a steady stream of California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) demands and class actions aimed at everyday digital tools such as cookies, pixels, and analytics scripts. A recent decision from the Southern District of California, Camplisson v. Adidas Am., Inc., 2025…

A new California trial court decision offers website operators some long-awaited relief in the ongoing wave of website privacy suits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). In early December, the Los Angeles County Superior Court, rejected an increasingly common theory that routine website analytics and tracking tools function as illegal “pen registers” or “trap…

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…

The recent decision in Wiley v. Universal Music Group highlights how courts are scrutinizing website operators’ privacy controls and representations, particularly regarding cookie banners and opt-out tools. 2025 WL 3654085 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 17, 2025). In a recent decision, although Universal Music Group (UMG) dodged most of the putative class claims over its handling of…

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…

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…

In a big win for businesses, a California federal court just held that a “tester” plaintiff—someone who visits websites to initiate litigation—cannot bring a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). Rodriguez v. Autotrader.com, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-08735, 2025 WL 65409 (C.D. Cal. 1.8.25). Tester plaintiffs have started to focus on consumer protection…