August 22, 2019 We have previously blogged about Nevada Senate Bill 220 and how it amended Nevada’s data privacy law to provide consumers with the ability to opt-out of the sale of their personally identifiable information to certain businesses. Given that the Nevada opt-out requirements go into effect on October 1, 2019, we wanted to […]
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August 21, 2019 Website accessibility lawsuits (i.e., lawsuits alleging discrimination on the basis that websites contain access barriers that limit navigation for disabled people) increased 177% percent from 2017 to 2018 alone. These website accessibility lawsuits have been brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), which prohibits discrimination on the basis
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August 15, 2019 The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Bureau of Consumer Protection has entered into a consent agreement with Unrollme Inc. (“Unrollme”), preventing Unrollme from continuing to engage in practices which the FTC considers to be unfair or deceptive, in violation of Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a). This
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August 12, 2019 On July 22, 2019, Amanda Defranks (“Plaintiff”) filed a putative Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) class action lawsuit against clothing retailer, nastygal.com USA Inc. (“nastygal.com”). The TCPA text message lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and is captioned Amanda Defranks v. nastygal.com USA
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August 8, 2019 A trial court in California recently issued a ruling interpreting California Business and Professions Code Section 17529.5 (“17529.5”) in Greenberg et al. v. Digital Media Solutions LLC et al., CGC-18-572010 that has the potential to profoundly impact the email marketing industry. In dismissing claims for alleged violation of 17529.5 against an Advertiser
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August 6, 2019 On August 1, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted new regulations that will allow the federal government to pursue enforcement actions against foreign businesses that knowingly “spoof” US recipients with the intent to cause harm, defraud, or obtain anything of value. Spoofing is the practice of using misleading caller ID information
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August 2, 2019 On July 24, 2019, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (the “Act”) by a vote of 429 to 3. The measure, which was originally introduced by Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), is crafted to modernize telemarketing restrictions and the use of automated telephone equipment as codified under
On July 24, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) handed Facebook a $5 billion penalty for continuously misrepresenting to its users how it was sharing their personal data. The $5 billion penalty is the largest civil penalty imposed for a data privacy violation and puts companies on notice that the FTC is serious about how
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