Keypoint: This week Florida’s two bills continued to progress, the Washington Privacy Act failed to pass out of the House at the deadline (but the bill sponsor says it is still alive), new bills were introduced in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and Maryland’s bill died. David Strauss of Husch Blackwell LLP writes:c Below is our…
Category: U.S.
Feds investigating Pasco schools giving student data to sheriff
Kathleen McGrory and Natalie Weber report: The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into whether the Pasco school district broke federal law by sharing private student information with the Pasco Sheriff’s Office. The Tampa Bay Times reported in November that the school district shared information on student grades, discipline and attendance with the Sheriff’s Office,…
Predicting the Future of Privacy Class Actions After Oral Argument in TransUnion v. Ramirez
John D. Seiver and Spencer Persson of DavisWrightTremaine write: Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on whether and to what extent class members’ injuries and standing are relevant to class certification in TransUnion v. Ramirez. The complaint in the district court alleged that TransUnion violated requirements imposed on credit reporting agencies (CRAs) by…
Court Refuses to Seal Case That Plaintiff Wanted to Hide from Potential Employers
Eugene Volokh notes another case where public right to know trumps an individual’s request to seal records. Delplanche v. Window Products, Inc., was decided Thursday by Judge Ann Aiken (D. Or.). The plaintiff had asked a court to seal an entire case that had previously been dismissed with prejudice, seal all the electronic records associated…