In the recent high-profile civil class action, Frasco v. Flo Health, a California federal court issued a significant ruling partially certifying a nationwide class and California subclass of individuals who used the Flo Health mobile app. The decision highlights the growing legal complexity of class action privacy claims in the age of Big Tech and health apps. Continue Reading ›
In Jones v. Google, LLC, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a district court judge erred in finding that state privacy claims were preempted by the federal statutory framework referred to as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or “COPPA.” The district court had dismissed a class action brought by children based on allegations “that Google used persistent identifiers to collect data and track their online behavior surreptitiously and without their consent…” Continue Reading ›
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