July 14, 2023
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday rejected Google's en banc rehearing request challenging a decision that revived a putative privacy class action accusing Google and content providers of illegally tracking children's online behavior, but the panel amended its decision to note that the Federal Trade Commission backs the panel's holding.
May 23, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission is urging the Ninth Circuit to stick with its ruling that the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act doesn't override state law claims being pressed by private litigants accusing Google and others of illegally tracking kids' online behavior, arguing there's no support for the tech giant's push for such "sweeping" preemption.
March 10, 2023
The Ninth Circuit is asking the Federal Trade Commission for its input on whether the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act blocks consumers from pursuing parallel state law claims in private litigation, as the appellate court weighs whether to keep alive a proposed class action accusing Google and others of illegally tracking kids' online behavior without their consent.
January 27, 2023
Google has asked the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a ruling that kept alive a class action alleging that the tech giant illegally tracked children's online behavior without their consent, claiming that the appeals court is creating a circuit split that will have "profound consequences" by finding that the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act does not bar consumers from bringing state privacy law claims.
January 03, 2023
The Ninth Circuit has revived a proposed class action accusing Google LLC and YouTube of illegally tracking children's online behavior without their consent, finding that a trial judge erred in finding that state law privacy claims are preempted by the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
August 31, 2022
A Ninth Circuit panel questioned Wednesday whether a preemption clause in the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act is so broad that it prohibited parents from suing Google LLC and YouTube for allegedly violating their children's privacy under state law.
April 28, 2022
Plaintiffs in a putative class action against Google, YouTube and channel providers pressed the Ninth Circuit to bring back their claims that those companies violated California's privacy laws after a lower court dismissed the claims last year.