A member of Kaiser Permanente, an integrated managed care consortium headquartered in Oakland, California, has asked a federal judge in Seattle to certify nationwide classes and California subclasses in a privacy lawsuit against Microsoft and Qualtrics over tracking technologies allegedly embedded in Kaiser’s website and patient portal. The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, claims that
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California Federal Court Clarifies CIPA’s Reach Over Website Tracking in Mashable Hearing
By Roma Patel & Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
On October 9, 2025, the Northern District of California denied Mashable, Inc.’s motion to dismiss a class action alleging violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). Mashable operates a digital news and entertainment website that publishes articles and multimedia content online. The plaintiff alleged that Mashable disclosed the IP addresses and device identifiers…
VPPA Class Action Plaintiffs May Not Waive Arbitration Goodbye
By Roma Patel on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
On June 13, 2025, a federal court in the Northern District of California held that a putative Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action lawsuit belonged in arbitration, thanks to the defendant company’s arbitration clause.
If you’ve been following our blog, you’ve seen the rise in VPPA class action litigation against companies that provide video…
Advocate Aurora Health to Pay $12.25 Million Settlement for Data Breach Class Action
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
In October 2022, Advocate Aurora Health notified three million individuals of a data breach resulting from its use of tracking pixels on its website for tracking website visitor activity. Now, this month, Advocate Aurora Health settled a class action stemming from that data breach for $12.25 million.
In its breach notification to patients, Advocate Aurora…