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All dispatches →Zara’s 197,400-Customer Breach Shows Why Former Vendors Can Remain a Privacy Risk Long After a Contract Ends
Nearly 200,000 Zara customers had personal information exposed in a breach tied not to Zara’s own infrastructure, but to a former technology…
Silvia Garcia: An Alleged Tester Plaintiff in California Privacy Litigation
If your company received a demand letter or complaint under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) naming Silvia Garcia as plaintiff,…
Healthcare Data Privacy Litigation: Pixel Tracking Settlements and Legal Precedents
Healthcare organizations across the United States face continuous legal scrutiny regarding their use of website analytics and third-party tracking pixels.
The Next Frontier in Anti-Troll Defense: Building a Consortium Against Frivolous Privacy Litigation
Building off the idea around Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs)—popularly known as “patent trolls” which have long extracted billions from businesses by threatening…
COMPLIANCE The Arizona Consumer Fraud Act (ACFA): The New Vehicle for Pixel Tracking Litigation
When the Arizona Court of Appeals killed the “spy pixel” theory under the Telephone, Utility and Communication Service Records Act (TUCSRA) in…
Tracker Finds Nearly 400 U.S. Federal Datasets Deleted or Altered Since Early 2025
At least 28 federal datasets have been deleted and another 338 data collections have been modified over the past year and a…
Srinivas Rangam Demand Letters Over CIPA Privacy Litigation and Website Wiretapping Claims
If your business has recently received a formal legal demand letter citing statutory violations under state privacy laws—and bearing the name Srinivas…
LAW FIRMS Arizona’s Telephone, Utility and Communication Service Records Act (TUCSRA): The Complete Guide to the “Spy Pixel” Litigation Wave
The TUCSRA which we detail below is not a threat but the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act (ACFA) is and there was just…
LAW FIRMS LifeStance Health Pays $3.02 Million to Settle Website Tracking Pixel Class Action — A Warning on Consent Banners and Healthcare Data
LifeStance Health Group, one of the largest outpatient mental and behavioral health providers in the United States, has agreed to pay approximately…
LAW FIRMS Is the Unruh Act the Next CIPA? Why Privacy and Civil Rights Law Are About to Converge
In 1967, California lawmakers passed a wiretapping statute aimed at phone taps and recorded conversations.
COOKIES Tracking Pixel vs. Cookie: Differences, How They Work Together, and Legal Risks
In November 2025, a federal court in California allowed a lawsuit against Adidas to proceed on the theory that its website’s tracking…
COMPLIANCE What Is Preference Management? Guide for Privacy and Marketing Teams
In September 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency fined a national retailer $1.35 million — not for a data breach, but for…