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May 5th, 2023
Aggressive Washington Privacy Law Includes Right to Sue and Onerous Consent Obligations
Privacy & Data Security Associate Bram Schumer is quoted in the article, "Aggressive Washington Privacy Law Includes Right to Sue and Onerous Consent Obligations" published by Cybersecurity Law Report. The article discusses the Washington state privacy law referred to as, My Health My Data (MHMD) that is the first U.S. privacy law in the 2020s to give consumers an unrestricted right to sue. Bram is quoted saying, "MHMD categorizes cookie identifiers and IP addresses as personal information. The FTC took a similar position in the GoodRx and BetterHelp settlements."
The FTC found that the apps’ providing Facebook and Instagram with cookie data and consumer’s browsing behavior for prescriptions and health conditions enclosed personal health information. Bram notes, “This data can be used to show consumers targeted advertisements for things like STI testing and mental health services."
Read the full article here. (Behind paywall)
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Advertising Opt Outs Drive New Privacy Strategies in 2025
Cybersecurity Law Report quotes Daniel M. Goldberg in an article on how the advertising industry is facing greater scrutiny from state AGs as more people opt out of targeted ads. The report covers Google’s backtracking on plans to block third-parties’ tracking cookies amidst adtech’s adoption of cookieless personal identifiers; upcoming legal decisions; and compliance areas that adtech should consider in the coming year. View article. (Behind paywall. Contact author Matt Fleischer-Black for complimentary PDF.)
December 18 2024
The Biggest Copyright Decisions of 2024
Law360 quotes Jacqueline Charlesworth on the Hachette Book Group Inc. v. Internet Archive lawsuit, in which the Second Circuit affirmed a Manhattan federal judge’s ruling that a nonprofit’s scanning books to a create e-books was not fair use. (Behind paywall) View Article
December 17 2024
Deciphering the New CPPA Proposed Regulations for Data Brokers
Cybersecurity Law Report quotes Daniel M. Goldberg on the CPPA's proposed regulations that expand upon and clarify key provisions of the Delete Act, broadening the universe of what entities constitute a data broker. (Behind paywall) View Article
December 12 2024
