Attorneys from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP write: On February 10, 2025, a Washington state resident filed a lawsuit on behalf of herself and similarly situated individuals against Amazon under the Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMD). This is the first lawsuit brought under MHMD’s private right of action. Because MHMD regulates non-HIPAA consumer health data,…
Apple pulls encryption feature from UK over government spying demands
Dominic Preston reports: Apple has stopped offering its end-to-end encrypted iCloud storage, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), to new users in the UK, and will require existing users to disable the feature at some point in the future. The move comes following reports earlier this month that UK security services requested Apple grant them backdoor access…
CPPA Brings Enforcement Action Against National Public Data
There’s been a state enforcement action against National Public Data, but it’s not for the data breach that resulted in the leak of 2.9 billion records. It’s for failure to register with California as a data broker under the state’s Delete Act. News: February 20, 2025 SACRAMENTO — The Enforcement Division of the California Privacy Protection…
Lawsuits Trying to Stop DOGE Access to Personal Data: Explained
Cassandre Coyer and Tonya Riley report: The Trump administration faces at least a dozen lawsuits that ask judges to halt what plaintiffs call unprecedented access to the data of private citizens emanating from the disruption of federal agencies. “This is incredibly uncharted territory in terms of having an outside agency that hasn’t been confirmed yet…