Law360: Cybersecurity & Privacy /cybersecurity-privacy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Cybersecurity & Privacy Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 23:36:39 +0000 Meta Illegally Recorded Flo Users' Data, Calif. Jury Finds /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372590?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372590 A California federal jury Friday found Meta Platforms Inc. liable for violating the state's wiretap law by using a data analytics tool to retrieve sensitive health data from users of the popular menstrual tracking app Flo, in what plaintiffs' counsel called "one of the first times" a major tech company has been held accountable for such practices.  Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:50:10 +0000 Defamation Litigation Roundup: Epstein, Macron, Lindell /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372596?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372596 In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 reviews U.S. President Donald Trump's suit against the Wall Street Journal over its reporting on his connections to deceased financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as a Second Circuit decision about the potential unsealing of documents in a since-settled, Epstein-related defamation suit. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:29:50 +0000 3rd Circ. Asked To Revive Amazon Biometric Data Suit /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372006 A federal judge erred in tossing class claims accusing Amazon of collecting consumers' voice data without their consent, including by finding that a third-party software company was a "financial institution," the named plaintiffs told the Third Circuit Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:25:07 +0000 Tesla Sends Website Users' Data To Google For Ads, Suit Says /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372432 Tesla was slapped with a proposed class action in California federal court Thursday alleging it illegally shares its website visitors' information with third parties like Google through the deployment of tracking pixels for data monetization and advertising purposes, without their knowledge or consent.  Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:18:51 +0000 9th Circ. Partially Revives Child Porn Victims' Suit Against X /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372459?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372459 The Ninth Circuit on Friday partially revived a lawsuit brought by 13-year-old boys who had been sex trafficked alleging X Corp. refused to remove pornographic videos of them, saying Section 230 shields the social media platform from claims it knowingly benefited from sex trafficking, but not from negligence and defective-reporting design claims. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:17:27 +0000 GOP Reps Eye Reforms To Landmark Bank Data Privacy Law /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372440?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372440 Republican lawmakers have kicked off a review that could lay the groundwork for new financial data privacy legislation, soliciting public input on whether and how to overhaul a law that governs financial institutions' handling of consumer financial records. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:45:42 +0000 Rite Aid's $6.8M Data Breach Settlement Gets Final OK /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372423?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372423 A Pennsylvania federal court has given its final approval to a $6.8 million settlement of data breach claims against now-bankrupt Rite Aid Corp., including $2.4 million in fees for attorneys from Ahdoot & Wolfson PC, Shub Johns & Holbrook LLP, Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Laukaitis Law LLC and Hausfeld LLP. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:01:39 +0000 Senate Dem Pitches Way To Keep TikTok Online Without Sale /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2371967?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2371967 U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is floating a proposal that would require TikTok to be transparent about how it displays content and limit foreign access to user data in order to allow the app to escape a legislative mandate to cut ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:38:54 +0000 4 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In July /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372192?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372192 A cannabis company in the process of going out of business cannot rely on a state court receivership to shield it from creditors in other states, and the owners of shuttered Norwood Hospital can't renew an expired permit issued to bankrupt Steward Health. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:25:20 +0000 How DOJ's New Data Security Rules Leave HIPAA In The Dust /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2371427?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2371427 The U.S. Department of Justice's recently effective data security requirements carry profound implications for how healthcare providers collect, store, share and use data — and approach vendor oversight — that go far beyond the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, say attorneys at Nelson Mullins. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:05:58 +0000 6th Circ. Upholds Michigan Ban On Drone-Assisted Hunting /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372217?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372217 The Sixth Circuit upheld a Michigan law that prohibits the use of drones for hunting, finding the state has a compelling reason to manage wildlife hunts despite the free speech objections lodged by the plaintiffs. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:04:11 +0000 FCC Asked To Narrow Undersea Cable Rule's License DQs /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372193?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372193 The Federal Communications Commission might have been "excessively, and perhaps unintentionally, stringent" when it was drafting the new rules for undersea cables, a trade group told the agency, particularly when it comes to character disqualifications. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:51:42 +0000 Courts Redefining Software As Product Generates New Risks /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2370076?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2370076 A recent wave of litigation against social media platforms, chatbot developers and ride-hailing companies has some courts straying from the traditional view of software as a service to redefining software as a product, with significant implications for strict liability exposure, say attorneys at Reed Smith. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:44:43 +0000 9th Circ. Pauses Google Play Store Order In Antitrust Row /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372349?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372349 The Ninth Circuit on Friday granted Google's same-day request for an emergency administrative pause on a looming deadline to open up the tech giant's Play Store to alternative app distribution after the appellate court upheld a landmark antitrust win for Epic Games. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:40:07 +0000 Banking TCPA Rule Changes Go Too Far, Consumer Org. Says /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372245?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372245 Consumer advocates urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject changes floated by banking groups to rules for revoking consumer consent to receive calls and texts, saying they would cause confusion and make it harder to block unwanted contacts. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:15:09 +0000 Army Inks 10-Year Agreement With Palantir Worth Up To $10B /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372382?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372382 The U.S. Army said a new 10-year enterprise agreement with Palantir Technologies Inc., worth up to $10 billion, will give it a streamlined and comprehensive framework to meet data and software needs. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:26:12 +0000 Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Latham /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372379?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372379 In this week's Taxation With Representation, Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. announce megamerger plans, Palo Alto Networks acquires identity security company CyberArk, Brookfield buys British life insurer Just Group, and Duke Energy sells its Piedmont Natural Gas Tennessee local distribution business to Spire Inc. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:15:10 +0000 Hyundai, Kia Can't Get Rehearing On Cities' Car Theft MDL /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372052?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2372052 The Ninth Circuit won't hold an en banc rehearing on an appeal from Hyundai Motors America Inc. and Kia America Inc. seeking to dismiss negligence claims by cities in three of seven states in multidistrict litigation over their alleged failure to install anti-theft technology in millions of vehicles. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:05:23 +0000 Now Is The Time To Prep For SEC's New Data Breach Regs /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2368676?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2368676 Recent remarks from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s acting director of the Division of Examinations suggest that the commission will support exams for compliance with its new data breach detection and reporting regulations, and a looming deadline means investment advisers and broker-dealers must act now to update their processes, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.