Suzanne Smalley reports: Whitepages is the latest data broker to be sued for allegedly flouting laws barring the publication of home addresses and other personal information belonging to judges, police officers, prosecutors and others in law enforcement. A retired West Virginia police officer filed a class action lawsuit against the company late last month for publishing his…
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Privacy Class Action Spotlight: Surge of Privacy Class Actions in Arizona Targeting Email Pixel Tracking
Leslie Shanklin, Jeff Warshafsky, Aaron Francis, and Anna W. Chan of Proskauer write: There has been a recent surge of privacy class action lawsuits under the Arizona Telephone, Utility, and Communication Service Records Act targeting the use of common email marketing analytics technologies. Defendants are asserting standard defenses including lack of Article III standing as…
Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of faces
Mike Corder of AP reports: The Dutch data protection watchdog on Tuesday issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of 30.5 million euros ($33.7 million) over its creation of what the agency called an “illegal database” of billion of photos of faces. The Netherlands’ Data Protection Agency, or DPA, also warned Dutch companies that using…
Capital One Sued Over Consumer-Data Disclosures to Meta, Google
Christopher Brown reports: Capital One Financial Corp. is facing a proposed class action alleging the financial giant disclosed the personal and financial information of millions of consumers to Meta Platforms Inc., Google LLC, Microsoft Corp., and other third parties without their consent in violation of state and federal privacy laws. Vishal Shah and three other named plaintiffs accused Capital…