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Latest News in Cybersecurity & Privacy
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October 24, 2025
WordPress TM Suit Accuses Web Host Of Sowing 'Confusion'
WordPress parent Automattic has lodged trademark infringement counterclaims against WP Engine in litigation first launched by the website hosting company against Automattic and its founder, saying WP Engine has "masqueraded" as a company that develops and administers WordPress' open source publishing platform.
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October 24, 2025
Prepping For Website Automatic Opt-Out Signal Mandates
Maryland's Online Data Privacy Act, which, along with a growing number of U.S. states, requires businesses to offer mechanisms in their privacy policies or online interfaces to allow individuals to opt out of data collection, marks a new frontier in consumer privacy, raising both technical and legal risks, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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October 24, 2025
Tips For Cos. Crafting Enforceable Online Arbitration Clauses
Recent rulings from the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California indicate that courts are carefully examining the enforceability of online arbitration clauses, so businesses should review the design of their websites and consider specific language next to the "purchase" button, say attorneys at DTO Law.
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October 24, 2025
FCC Poised To Pull 5 China-Linked Cos. From Lab Testing
The Federal Communications Commission Friday started the formal process of removing five telecoms linked to the Chinese government from the FCC's equipment testing process.
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October 24, 2025
Chicago Firm Accused Of Jailing Fla. Man Over $2.5M Fee
A Florida man has sued a Chicago firm over false imprisonment, alleging in a Miami-Dade County complaint that its attorneys spied on him remotely through a security camera installed at his Florida Keys home and had him arrested in order to collect $2.5 million in fees
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Justice
- State and international privacy regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Children’s Online Privacy Protections Act
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
- Cybersecurity Act of 2015
- Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Junk Fax Prevention Act
- Privacy Act of 1974
- Right to Financial Privacy Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- State and international privacy legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Data breach investigations
- Hacking, spamming, and other online privacy enforcement
- Wiretap and spying probes
- Identity theft charges
- Privacy and data security compliance efforts
- LITIGATION
- Suits over access to, sharing of, or improper use of personal records, including employment, health, and financial data
- Disputes over data hacks and classified information leaks
- Cases involving the coverage of data-related liability
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of privacy practices
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- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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