A Federal Court Approves the Largest Privacy-Related Cash Settlement
On February 26, 2021, a federal judge approved $650 million settlement of a BIPA lawsuit against Facebook, the largest privacy-related cash settlement. The lawsuit was brought under the Illinois Biometric ...
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Virginia Enacts a Comprehensive State Privacy Law
On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), the second comprehensive state privacy law enacted in the United States. Under the VCDPA, Virginia consumers ...
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Florida Introduces Consumer Data Protection Law with Governor’s Support
On February 15, 2021, Florida legislators introduced a comprehensive consumer data protection bill (HB 969) modeled on the California Privacy Rights Act. Notably, Florida Governor DeSantis has already came out ...
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TikTok Agrees to Settle Dozens of Class Action Lawsuits Over Alleged Privacy Violations
On February 25, 2021, a popular video-sharing app TikTok has agreed to pay $92 million to settle a number of federal lawsuits which alleged that it obtained personal data from ...
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New Resources on the California Privacy Rights Act
Californians for Consumer Privacy, the advocacy group that authored and sponsored the new California Privacy Rights Act set up a CPRA Resource Center which includes an executive summary of the ...
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Kentucky Introduces an Opt-Out of Sale of Personal Information Legislation
On February 9, 2021, Kentucky legislature introduced an Act Relating to Consumer Privacy of Personal Information (H 408) which would provide state residents with a right to opt of out ...
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