Wentao Yang, Matthew Verdin & Kathryn Cahoy of Covington and Burling write: Does a plaintiff’s use of a website constitute consent to a privacy policy linked in the website’s footer? A Pennsylvania federal court answered yes in Popa v. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc., 2025 WL 896938 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 24, 2025), granting summary judgment in favor…
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Data Protection Commission Announces commencement of inquiry into X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC)
11th April 2025 — The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced the commencement of an inquiry into the processing of personal data comprised in publicly-accessible posts posted on the ‘X’ social media platform by EU/EEA users, for the purposes of training generative artificial intelligence models, in particular the Grok Large Language Models (LLMs). The…
Google Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Collection on School Kids
Isaiah Poritz reports: Google LLC is unlawfully using its products—ubiquitous in K-12 education—to secretly gather information about school age children, substituting the consent of the school for that of parents, a proposed class action filed in California federal court said Monday. The tech giant collects not only traditional education records “but thousands of data points that…
To Delete or Not to Delete: Can 23andMe Really Sell Genetic Data Via Bankruptcy?
Lawyers at Alston & Bird write: On March 23, 2025, 23andMe Holding Co. (“23andMe”) filed for bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Missouri, potentially setting in motion the sale of genetic data collected from more than 15 million people. This has led to news outlets and state Attorneys General encouraging consumers to delete their 23andMe data before it is sold…