Variety Media v. Superior Court could reshape California’s wave of CIPA website-tracking lawsuits by expanding the statute to internet communications while simultaneously narrowing what plaintiffs must show to plead a
Every core channel a marketing team relies on — email, SMS, social ads, retargeting, analytics — runs on personal data, and every one of those channels now sits inside active
Nearly 200,000 Zara customers had personal information exposed in a breach tied not to Zara’s own infrastructure, but to a former technology provider — highlighting an increasingly dangerous blind spot
Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) has released new recommendations on cookie banners, backed by survey data that should surprise no one who has watched
The British state is already under strain. Major infrastructure projects stall for years. Local services struggle to keep roads repaired and streets safe. Welfare caseloads rise while the capacity to
Most internal audit teams still approach artificial intelligence the same way they once treated other emerging risks: schedule one focused review, complete it, and move on. That model no longer
At least three major law firms—Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Goodwin Procter, and Stettinius & Hollister—disclosed data breaches to U.S. state regulators in early August 2026, adding to a growing list
Australia’s Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind has publicly raised concerns about the rapid arrival of consumer smart glasses and other surveillance wearables, warning that existing privacy laws may not fully address
We warned about the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) cookie banner cases and now the entire privacy and legal community is paying attention to our warnings about the high
By any superficial metric, corporate America’s response to artificial intelligence appears disciplined, proactive, and fully funded. Budgets have been allocated, executive committees formed, and acceptable-use policies distributed across enterprise networks.