Privacy & Information Security Law Blog

On December 17, 2024, the Irish Data Protection Commission announced that it concluded two inquiries initiated following a personal data breach reported in 2018 affecting Meta Platforms Ireland Limited.

The telehealth and prescription drug discount provider, GoodRx, recently agreed to pay $25 million to settle class action claims originating from the company’s unauthorized disclosure of consumers’ personal health information, according to recent filings with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the state’s highest appellate court, recently held that website operators’ use of third-party tracking software, including Meta Pixel and Google Analytics, is not prohibited under the state’s Wiretap Act.

On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the dismissal of a proposed class action against the National Basketball Association under the Video Privacy Protection Act, holding that the named plaintiff successfully pled that he was a “consumer” protected by the Act by virtue of his subscription to the Defendant’s online newsletter.