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Privacy Partner Dominique Shelton Authors Privacy Advisor Article on Hulu VPPA Case

June 20, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Dominique Shelton, partner in Alston and Bird’s Privacy & Data Security practice and member of the Litigation and Trial Practice group, authored an article appearing on June 19 in International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) Privacy Advisor titled, “Court Denies Class-Action in Hulu Case, But There’s More.” In the article, Shelton discusses the Hulu consumer class-action case […]

Filed Under: Data Security Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, Class Action, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Video Privacy Protection Act

West Virginia High Court Finds Standing without Harm for Invasion of Privacy Claim in State Data Breach Class Action

June 20, 2014 By Alex Brown

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals recently issued an important – but outlier – decision in a data breach class action. In a per curiam decision, the Court held that the plaintiffs had standing to bring their claims even though discovery revealed that not a single class member – much less the named plaintiffs […]

Filed Under: Data Security, Health Privacy Tagged With: Class Action, Litigation

ComScore Reaches $14 Million Settlement in Electronic Privacy Class Action

June 17, 2014 By Kimberly Chemerinsky and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On May 30, 2014, comScore Inc. announced that it has reached a $14 million settlement in the largest class ever certified in an Internet privacy lawsuit, composed of users who claim that comScore installed analytics software on their computers and sold their personal data to media outlets without their knowledge or consent. ComScore, a publicly-traded […]

Filed Under: Privacy Tagged With: Big Data, Class Action, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

A+B Privacy Team Provides Analysis of California AG Privacy Report: New Best Practices Guidance Applies to all Businesses Collecting Personal Information from California Residents

May 28, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

In follow up to our previous blog, California AG Kamala Harris Issues Privacy Policy Guidance: Making Your Privacy Practices Public Contains Draft Tips for Website and Online Service Privacy Policies, regarding the release of the AG’s report, please see our recently released client advisory providing a detailed analysis of the new privacy guidance: California Attorney General […]

Filed Under: Behavioral Advertising, Data Security, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, Big Data, California Online Privacy Protection Act (Cal-OPPA), Class Action, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement, Tracking, US State Law

California AG Kamala Harris Issues Privacy Policy Guidance: Making Your Privacy Practices Public Contains Draft Tips for Website and Online Service Privacy Policies

May 21, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Today, California Attorney General Kamala Harris released her long-anticipated guidance on privacy policies for companies collecting information from California residents in a report entitled Making Your Privacy Practices Public (the “Report”). While the Report exceeds existing law in many respects, affected companies should take heed to review the report and be familiar with its contents as it […]

Filed Under: Behavioral Advertising, Data Security, Online Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, Big Data, California Online Privacy Protection Act (Cal-OPPA), Class Action, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement, Tracking, US State Law

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