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
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NewsBank Hit with Class Action over Employee Data Breach
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
Last week, a class action was filed against NewsBank, Inc., a Florida-based news database company, related to a 2024 breach of employee personal information.
NewsBank provides a database of archived news publications utilized by libraries, higher education institutions, and other organizations. NewsBank suffered a security incident affecting its employees’ personal information between June and July…
Privacy Tip #293 – Location, Location, Location-Based Services
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
This is not the first post discussing location-based services on mobile phones [see posts here]. And it won’t be the last. After reading my colleague’s post on the priest who resigned from his high-profile position after his location was tied to Grindr, I thought it would be useful to remind readers to think…
Twitter Updates its Privacy Policy
By Kathleen Porter on
Posted in Data Privacy
Twitter recently announced updates to its Privacy Policy. The updates are effective on June 18, 2017. By using the social media platform on or after that date, Twitter users will be deemed to have agreed to these updates.
The updates enable Twitter to collect more user data, including about a user’s visits from Twitter…