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Latest News in Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • August 13, 2025

    DC Circ. Upholds Toss Of Video Privacy Suit Against Paper

    The D.C. Circuit has refused to revive a proposed class action accusing the Washington Examiner of illegally sharing website visitors' video-viewing information with Meta, finding that the plaintiff had failed to show that she "subscribed" to the content that she accessed online rather than through her newsletter subscription.

  • August 13, 2025

    Whoop's Health Tracker Accused Of Sharing Users' Data

    Health and wellness company Whoop Inc., whose wearable devices track and collect users' heart rate, movement, blood pressure and other health metrics, is secretly sharing that data and other user information with an undisclosed third party, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in California federal court.

  • August 13, 2025

    Trump Admin Bid To Kill SSA Data Suit Ruled Premature

    The Trump administration can't fight an injunction in Maryland federal court and the Fourth Circuit simultaneously, a Maryland federal judge said Wednesday, tabling the administration's dismissal bid while the Fourth Circuit considers whether to lift a ban on the Department of Government Efficiency accessing unredacted Social Security data.

  • August 13, 2025

    Smith Anderson Adds 5 Business Litigation, Data Privacy Pros

    Smith Anderson announced that the firm has brought on five new attorneys who will bolster the Raleigh, North Carolina-based firm's business litigation, data privacy and security, healthcare, real estate and development, and private client practice groups.

  • August 13, 2025

    OpenAI, Microsoft Beat Musk's RICO Claims In For-Profit Fight

    OpenAI and Microsoft again beat Elon Musk's racketeering claims in his lawsuit challenging OpenAI's now-abandoned pivot to a for-profit enterprise, after a California federal judge said Tuesday the amended allegations do not provide details on how the companies ran the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity.

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