American cosmetic retailer Sephora agreed to pay a $2.1 million fine to settle claims that it had violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This is the first CCPA enforcement action made public. California’s Attorney General found that Sephora failed to disclose to consumers that it was selling their personal information, within the meaning of ‘sale’ under the CCPA. The ...
The European Union’s high court has ruled that data capable of revealing a person’s sexual orientation (either by cross-referencing or inference) falls within the GDPR’s special categories of personal data (i.e., sensitive data), even if the data does not directly express the person’s sexual orientation.
The decision was delivered in a case questioning the lawfulness of a Lithuanian requirement from ...
In an unprecedented decision, a High Court in England permitted the service of process of pleadings through a non-fungible token (NFT), to the digital wallets of the unnamed defendants.
The permission was granted as part of an application for interim relief filed by a British citizen allegedly conned by an American online trading website. The plaintiff transferred $2.1 million worth ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals of the Federal Court has held that Artificial Intelligence (AI) cannot be named the inventor of a patent, because the term “individual” in the U.S. Patent Act necessarily refers to human beings. The decision was delivered in an appeal filed by Dr. Stephen Thaler, whose application for patent protection for the products of his AI ...
The special investigation team assigned to investigate the Israel Police’s use of spyware, found the Police’s practices to be highly under-supervised and incompliant with the law and internal procedures and policies.
The investigation into the Police’s spyware-tapping activities was launched amid investigative journalism publications by the Israeli newspaper Calcalist, alleging that the Police had warrantlessly penetrated the smartphones of individuals ...
The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) published the final version of its guidelines on data protection and privacy obligations in tele-health services, following its March draft. The guidelines are directed to healthcare organizations, clinics, health practitioners, and relevant service providers involved in data processing operations throughout the tele-health value chain.
The guidelines map out the steps that healthcare providers and ...
The High Court of Australia found Google not liable for allegedly defamatory content in an article linked in a Google search result. The court’s majority opinion held that Google only serves as a “library” for the article and has no active role in this context.
The case came about from a lawsuit filed by a criminal defense attorney, whom the ...
The U.S. mobile carrier T-Mobile agreed to pay $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit. The class action was filed by consumers following a cyberattack on T-Mobile’s systems last summer, which compromised the personal data of at least 76.6 million people – currently, the largest ever carrier breach on record.
According to the settlement authorized by the court, T-Mobile, ...
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