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Montana Amends Consumer Data Privacy Act to Broaden Applicability and Enhance Protections for Minors
Montana’s amendments also remove the cure period for alleged violations beginning in October, provide prescriptive methods through which businesses have to provide consumers targeted advertising opt out rights, and increase the disclosures necessary in privacy notices.
U.S. State Privacy Regulators Create Consortium As Enforcement Trends Emerge
Trends and areas of focus under U.S. state data protection laws emerge as U.S. states with data protection laws in place increase enforcement actions and coordination.
Tracking Technology Trouble: Shah v. Capital One Deepens Legal Risk Under CCPA and CIPA
In Shah v. Capital One Financial Corporation, the Northern District of California handed down a ruling that may shape the trajectory of litigation involving tracking technologies, online privacy policies, and California’s evolving privacy statutes, namely, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The case is one of the latest in a growing line of digital privacy disputes premised on allegations that companies are disclosing personal and sensitive information to third- and fourth-party advertisers without consumer consent.