FAFO in federal court: Hacker who bragged on Hulu documentary slammed with liability under federal law

Plaintiff sued defendant for unlawfully accessing plaintiff's email account and publishing more than sixty private emails on social media. Defendant had repeatedly claimed credit for . . .

Facial recognition missteps lead to dismissal in New York criminal case

A criminal defendant sought dismissal of a criminal charge for aggravated harassment in the second degree. An issue arose after law enforcement identified defendant using . . .

Recent case applies VHS-era law to modern digital privacy

Plaintiff sued the NBA, accusing it of violating the Video Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. 2701 (VPPA). Plaintiff claimed that after signing up for the . . .

CCPA claim against Apple thrown out on Section 230 grounds

Plaintiffs sued Apple after downloading a malicious app from the App Store. The claims included violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), the . . .

Website operator not liable under Wiretap Act for allowing Meta to intercept visitor communications

Plaintiffs asserted that defendant healthcare organization inadequately protected the personal and health information of visitors to defendant’s website. In particular, plaintiffs alleged that unauthorized third . . .

Website cookie banner was not enough for cruise line to sink federal wiretap lawsuit

Plaintiffs sued Carnival Cruise Line because they were upset about how much information carnival.com collected when they visited the site. "On carnival.com, no action goes . . .

Beauty and the Biometrics: Federal court in Illinois tosses biometric data case brought against cosmetics giant

A federal judge recently dismissed a class action lawsuit against The Estée Lauder Companies and one of its affiliates. This case involved allegations that these . . .

Microsoft Edge privacy case dismissed for lack of standing

A legal dispute involving Microsoft recently concluded with the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit. Plaintiffs had accused Microsoft of unauthorized data collection through its Edge . . .

Can a company snoop on its employee’s personal email account?

Plaintiff was an administrative assistant at defendant company. When her supervisor got word that plaintiff had been asked to join a competing company started by . . .

Is storing protected information on an unencrypted server a disclosure of that information?

Back in the 1990s, Congress recognized that stalkers were aided in their crimes by using victims' driver's license information, and states were selling driver's license . . .