Privacy and Surveillance
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A New Mexico federal judge on Tuesday denied a dismissal bid by Twitter and a collection of advertising services used in Tiny Lab apps, ruling the court has jurisdiction to handle the state’s claims that the companies surreptitiously collected kids’ location data and personal information… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a class action settlement resolving claims over how Facebook collects data on private messages, rejecting the arguments of a class member who claimed the deal was “worthless” to Facebook users and overly lucrative for their lawyers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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California’s new consumer privacy law made an appearance in a proposed class action filed in Oakland federal court that accuses children’s clothing company Hanna Andersson and its online payment services provider Salesforce of failing to properly safeguard customers’ sensitive data… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Facebook plans to hand over information that California’s attorney general has been seeking as part of a probe into the social media titan’s privacy practices, according to a joint filing made Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday shot down a Texas man’s bid to certify two proposed classes in a case that accuses Boston Scientific of calling people with automated invitations to sales events, saying the suit hinged too heavily on individualized questions… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 