A Pennsylvania federal court recently granted a retailer’s motion to dismiss claims that its use of “spy pixels” in its commercial e-mail constitutes illegal wiretapping. In Hartley v. Urban Outfitters, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-04891 (E.D. Pa. Jul. 17, 2024), Plaintiff alleged that Defendant employed “spy pixels,” which, among other things, allegedly recorded where and when consumers […]
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With the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) becoming more widespread across almost all aspects of life, the FCC has taken several steps to regulate its use in the telemarketing space. As our readers are aware, earlier this year, the FCC made clear in a Declaratory Ruling that telemarketing calls employing AI technology are subject to
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As of today, July 15, 2024, Google gaming regulations contain significant revisions. The Google Ads policy for daily fantasy sports (“DFS”) operators now enable them to run advertisements in many markets across the United States, subject to certain requirements. As our readers are aware, real money DFS contests have existed for quite some time. Dating
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As our readers are by now aware, on June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a legal precedent known as “Chevron deference” by a 6-3 vote. The Court’s opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. (“Loper Bright”) has major implications for Telephone Consumer Protection
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On April 17, 2024, the State of Nebraska enacted the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (“NDPA”). With the passage of the NDPA, Nebraska joins the ranks of the nineteen other states that have adopted comprehensive consumer data privacy laws. With numerous state laws already on the books, it is imperative that businesses make consumer data privacy
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Readers of this blog are familiar with the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”), and the systematic transformation of CIPA wiretapping cases since their inception. Applying CIPA, a Washington State federal court recently denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that defendant violated CIPA by wiretapping plaintiff’s conversations with a third-party. Below,
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Readers of this blog likely know about the wave of consumer privacy litigation directed at online companies’ collection of consumer data. A litany of these cases are brought by Swigart Law Group, APC (“Swigart Law”), a law firm based out of California. According to its website, Swigart Law “is a consumer protection and privacy law
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On June 17, 2024, a judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted final approval of the class settlement reached by the parties in Lateano v. Chicago Cubs Baseball Cub, LLC. In his Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) lawsuit, Plaintiff alleged that he continued to receive promotional text messages
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