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USA - April 4 2013
In an order surely to reverberate with both the plaintiffs' and defense bar, on March 20, 2013, Judge D. Brock Hornby of the United States District…
USA - January 4 2013
During 2012, privacy class actions continued to trend toward two major categories: 1) actions that arose out of a data breach event and 2) actions brought…
USA - September 14 2012
The Senate Judiciary Committee was slated on Thursday to take up long overdue revisions to the Electronic Communications Protection Act (“ECPA”) and the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), but the issue was held over by the committee.
USA - August 9 2012
Two Federal District Courts recently approved settlements in two significant class actions brought under the Video Privacy and Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2710, et seq. (“VPPA”), which limits the disclosure of personally identifiable information about subscribers as well as the amount of time that video rental service providers can retain subscriber information.
USA - May 7 2012
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a purported class action lawsuit brought under the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2127, et. seq. (“DPPA”).
