The latest legal news and analysis on privacy laws.
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California's $6.01 million 23andMe settlement, filed October 19, 2026 and pending court approval, would end two appeals and bar the wind-down estate from collecting consumer data for five years.
The claim, exclusion and objection deadline in the Concora Credit TCPA settlement is October 19, 2026. Preliminary approval only; final approval has not been granted.
Salazar v. Paramount Global, No. 25-459, is set for Supreme Court argument October 14, 2026 on whether a newsletter signup makes someone a VPPA consumer. No ruling yet.
Connecticut's surveillance pricing ban was repealed before its October 1, 2026 start date. The surviving version, PA 26-130 Section 11, begins July 1, 2027.
The FCC's new TCPA consent revocation rule narrows opt-outs for informational robocalls, keeps revoke-all for telemarketing, and is not yet in effect.
Newsom signed SB 690 on Sept 30, 2026 (Ch. 976). From Jan 1, 2027 only the AG may bring CIPA pen register claims against private actors over website conduct.
Five California privacy, recording and workplace surveillance bills are enrolled and awaiting the Governor's action. None is law as of September 24, 2026.
California AB 1709, approved September 10, 2026 and chaptered as Chapter 183, bars addictive features for California users under 16 starting January 1, 2027.
ACLU sues a NH housing authority over sensors installed in roughly 300 public housing units. What the newly filed complaint alleges and what state law says.
Doe v. Adventist Health System/West, published August 24, 2026, affirms part and reverses part of a CIPA and CMIA class certification denial.
California SB 690 has passed the Legislature but is not law. See what the CIPA pen-register bill would change, its current status, and the Governor deadline.
The Sixth Circuit vacated denial of an injunction against Tennessee's social media age verification law but did not rule on the First Amendment merits.
A federal district court dismissed X Corp.'s challenge to New York's social media disclosure law, finding it survives First Amendment and Section 230 review.
The Ninth Circuit ruled on August 10, 2026 that Section 230 is a defense to liability, not immunity from suit, so it cannot block an immediate appeal and the social media addiction lawsuits proceed.
The FTC, Utah, and LA County sued Hims & Hers on July 29, 2026, alleging deceptive billing, buried cancellations, and health data shared with Meta and Snap.
A federal judge declared prolific plaintiff Vivek Shah a vexatious litigant on July 20, 2026, barring new CIPA website-wiretapping suits in the Central District of California without leave of court.
Two N.D. Cal. rulings in July 2026 split on website tracking-pixel wiretap claims: the federal Wiretap Act claim against Blue Shield was dismissed with leave to amend, while state wiretap claims against Google and Meta over BlueChew trackers advanced.
A federal judge granted final approval on July 14, 2026 to the $4.5M Capital Health data breach settlement. The claim window closed April 6, 2026; approved payments follow after appeals.
The Seventh Circuit ruled TCPA text messages are not telephone calls under Do-Not-Call law, creating a circuit split with the Ninth Circuit's Howard ruling.
A coalition of 42 state attorneys general secured an $18 million settlement with 23andMe over its 2023 genetic data breach. The money goes to the states, not a new consumer payout.
SCOTUS denied emergency bids to block Texas's SB 2420 app store age verification law on July 6, 2026. The merits are undecided; Fifth Circuit review is next.
Virginia's 2022 facial recognition framework for local and campus police expired July 1, 2026. Agencies are back under the 2021 ban on purchasing or deploying FRT without express statutory authorization.
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on June 27, 2026 blocking Nebraska's LB 383 social media age-verification and parental-consent mandates on First Amendment grounds.
The Supreme Court held 6-3 on June 29, 2026 that a geofence warrant is a Fourth Amendment search. Chatrie v. United States (No. 25-112) extends Carpenter to phone location data.