Illinois Appeals Ct., Thumbing Nose at 7th Circuit, Holds Exclusion Bars BIPA Claims December 20, 2023 By Jim Sams An Illinois appellate court decided Tuesday that a general liability insurance policy sold to a Waukegan packaging company clearly excluded...
Colorado Court Upholds Google Keyword Search Warrant Which Led to Arrests in Fatal Arson October 18, 2023 By Colleen Slevin DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s highest court on Monday upheld the search of Google users` keyword history to identify suspects in...
Carmakers Failing Privacy Test. Owners Have Little or No Control over Data Collected September 7, 2023 By Frank Bajak BOSTON (AP) — Most major car manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information — though they are vague...
Single Voicemail Enough to Violate Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 6th Circuit Rules June 5, 2023 By Jim Sams A single voicemail message left on a cellphone without permission is enough to allow an individual to proceed with a...
More States Requiring Patients to Give Consent for Students Giving Pelvic Exams May 23, 2023 By Samantha Hendrickson and Jesse Bedayn COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it...
Apple Sued by Women who Say Airtag Lets Stalkers Track Victims December 6, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Apple Inc. has been sued by two women who said its AirTag devices have made it easier for their former...
Zoom Reaches $85M Settlement Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’ August 2, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Zoom Video Communications Inc. agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it...
Judge Narrows Zoom Lawsuit Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’ March 16, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge dismissed large parts of a lawsuit accusing Zoom Video Communications Inc of violating users’ privacy rights by...
Google Faces iPhone Privacy Lawsuit After Court Reinstates Case October 2, 2019 By Jonathan Browning and Ellen Milligan A U.K. lawsuit filed against Google by millions of iPhone users over data-collection claims was given the go-ahead by London...
Federal Lawsuit Charges Amazon’s Alexa Violates Children’s Privacy June 17, 2019 By Jim Sams If Big Brother isn’t watching, maybe his little sister is listening. An international law firm has filed a federal lawsuit...