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…
Category: Business
Recording of Customer Service Call “Not Private or Personal Enough” to Confer Article III Standing
And here’s another Nope-You-Don’t-Have-Standing ruling. Matthew Verdin of Covington and Burling writes: Many businesses use customer support software that may include call recording features to help ensure a better customer service experience. A California federal court dismissed a wiretapping lawsuit filed against a software company offering this software tool (TalkDesk), holding that TalkDesk’s alleged recording…
UK’s attempt to keep details of Apple ‘backdoor’ case secret… denied
Connor Jones reports: Details of Apple’s appeal against the UK’s so-called “backdoor order” will now play out in public after the Home Office failed in its bid to keep them secret on national security grounds. The confirmation comes after the Investigatory Powers Tribunal held a closed-door hearing on March 14, which was presumed to be…
France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking
Jon Brodkin reports: France’s competition regulator fined Apple €150 million, saying the iPhone maker went overboard in its implementation of pop-up messages that let users consent to or reject tracking that third-party applications use for targeted advertising. The App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework used by Apple on iPhones and iPads since 2021 makes the use…