Topic: Dispute resolution and litigation
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Third Circuit ruling reinstates state law privacy claims related to Google’s use of cookies
In re: Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation, involves 24 consolidated lawsuits that were initially brought against several internet advertisers alleging violations of various state and federal privacy statutes, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Wiretap Act and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. In October of 2013, the District of Delaware dismissed … Continue reading
The “EMV Liability Shift” Is Coming (What Merchants Need to Know)
Currently, almost half of the world’s credit card fraud happens in the U.S where magnetic stripe technology is the standard. Outside the U.S., an estimated 40% of the world’s cards and 70% of the terminals already use the EMV technology. These countries are reporting significantly lower counterfeit fraud levels with EMV cards than with the … Continue reading
UK Court of Appeal Establishes Data Protection Rights in Privacy Case
Posted in Dispute resolution and litigation
A recent English Court of Appeal judgment could significantly broaden the circumstances in which data protection litigation can be brought – and damages can be awarded – under English law. Background Vidal-Hall et al v Google ([2015] EWCA Civ 311) involves claims brought by three individual users against Google. The users alleged that Google collected private … Continue reading
Ontario Court of Appeal finds patients’ common law privacy rights not preempted by statute; allows class action to proceed
In a recent case involving a breach of patients’ privacy rights — Hopkins v Kay,[i] — the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that a proposed class action could proceed based on allegations of violation of patients’ common law privacy rights, concluding that those rights were not preempted by the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). … Continue reading
