The Federal Trade Commission held its PrivacyCon event, featuring nineteen presentations showcasing original research regarding important consumer privacy and security issues by leading academics from universities and think tanks from around the world. A full video recording of the webcast is available here. The conference took place in Washington on Jan. 14, 2016, and included […]
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Hulu: The Northern District of California Denies Class Certification without Prejudice on Grounds Class Not Ascertainable
Data privacy practices and related class action litigation continue to be super-hot topics that require close attention from companies. Brand damage, governance shakeups and congressional inquiries because of data practices should provide sufficient motivation to stay up-to-the minute in these critical areas. This advisory examines the latest developments in the Hulu litigation involving alleged violations […]
ComScore Reaches $14 Million Settlement in Electronic Privacy Class Action
On May 30, 2014, comScore Inc. announced that it has reached a $14 million settlement in the largest class ever certified in an Internet privacy lawsuit, composed of users who claim that comScore installed analytics software on their computers and sold their personal data to media outlets without their knowledge or consent. ComScore, a publicly-traded […]
Northern District of California to Decide in the In re Hulu Privacy Litigation Whether Disclosing Anonymized Data to a Web Analytics Company and Use of the Facebook “Like” Button Violate the Video Privacy Protection Act
Any company that has a website that (a) contains videos, (b) uses a third-party analytics company to maintain metrics on page views and/or (c) allows users to “like” videos on the site should pay very close attention to the In re Hulu Privacy Litigation pending in the United States District Court of Northern California. In […]