On March 2, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a significant decision, in Freeman v. 3Commas Technologies OÜ, reversing a district court’s dismissal of a class action against an Estonian software company for lack of personal jurisdiction.[1] The ruling provides valuable guidance on when foreign technology companies can
Continue Reading U.S.: Ninth Circuit Expands Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Tech Platforms in Data Breach Cases
The FTC just released a policy statement regarding enforcement activities related to COPPA, which can be found at this link.
According to Christopher Mufarrige, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, age verification technologies are important child-protective technologies, and this policy statement “…incentivizes operators to use these innovative tools, empowering parents to protect
Continue Reading U.S.: FTC Issues COPPA Policy Statement to Incentivize the Use of Age Verification Technologies to Protect Children Online
A recent federal court decision raises questions about the enforcement of contractual choice‑of‑law provisions in the context of a case brought under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
In Hartman, et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied Meta’s motion for summary judgment seeking to
Continue Reading U.S.: Illinois Law Trumps Meta’s California Choice-of-Law Provision in BIPA Class Action
On February 20, 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against Shein US Services, LLC, alleging false, deceptive, and misleading practices in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The complaint targets both product safety concerns and alleged misrepresentations regarding consumer data practices.
Shein, founded in China in 2008, is a global fast‑fashion
Continue Reading U.S.: Texas AG Sues Shein Over Alleged Deceptive Practices and Data Privacy Risks
The EU General Court has dismissed a French MEP’s challenge to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”) for the transfer of personal data between the European Union (“EU”) and the United States (“U.S”). While the decision is welcome news to organisations relying on the DPF for transfers underpinning their
Continue Reading EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Survives First Challenge
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reiterated its long-held view that hashing or pseudonymizing identifiers does not render data anonymous, in a post to its Technology Blog on July 24, 2024.
In the rather strongly worded post, while acknowledging that hashing and pseudonymizing data has the benefit of obscuring the underlying personal data, the FTC
Continue Reading FTC Reiterates that Hashed and Pseudonymized Data is Still Identifiable DataOn April 4, 2024, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed House Bill 15, an act related to Kentucky consumer data privacy (“KCDPA”). Kentucky now joins the expanding list of states with comprehensive state privacy legislation, with the KCDPA set to take effect January 1, 2026.
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The KCDPA applies to entities conducting business in Kentucky
Continue Reading US: Kentucky Legislature Passes Comprehensive State Privacy LawThe Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is taking bold actions to challenge business’s collection and monetization of consumers’ personal data—particularly sensitive personal data. This month, the FTC reached settlements with a data broker, X-Mode Social and its successor Outlogic LLC (“X-Mode”), and an alcohol addiction treatment firm, Monument Inc. (“Monument”), for, among other things, allegedly selling
Continue Reading US: The FTC Cracks Down on Sensitive Personal Information DisclosuresOn March 6, 2024, the New Hampshire Governor signed into law Senate Bill 255 (the “NH Act”), making New Hampshire the 15th state to adopt a comprehensive state privacy law. The NH Act will take effect January 1, 2025. This post explores how the NH Act stacks up against the other comprehensive state privacy
Continue Reading US: New Hampshire Enacts 15th Comprehensive State Privacy LawOn January 16, 2023, the New Jersey Governor signed into law Senate Bill 332 (the “Act”) making New Jersey the 14th state to adopt a comprehensive state privacy law. The Act will take effect on January 15th, 2025, and requires the Division of Consumer Affairs to issue rules and regulations to effectuate
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