Isaiah Poritz reports: Google LLC said it reached a settlement in principle to resolve a class action from users of the menstrual cycle tracking app Flo who alleged the search giant surreptitiously collected sensitive health data of users. The plaintiffs and the tech company in a joint notice asked the court to pause the case and...

Jennifer L. Mitchell, Taylor A. Bloom, and Danielle A. A. Richardson of Baker Hostetler write: On July 1, the California attorney general (CA AG) announced the largest CCPA settlement to date, $1.55 million, and the first settlement against a website publisher, Healthline Media LLC (Healthline). The settlement (pending court approval) resolves allegations against Healthline, a health and wellness information website,...

David Fioccola, Baldassare Vinti, Aaron Francis, and Courtland Cuevas of Proskauer write: Key Takeaways: The Ninth Circuit court of appeals reviewed three separate proposed class actions against Papa John’s International Inc., Converse Inc., and Bloomingdale’s, all centered on whether certain website tracking activities violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). The plaintiffs in these cases...

Shipra Sanganeria reports: Google’s presence across the web is vast and expands far beyond its own products. Even if users avoid using Google’s apps and services, its infrastructure — like analytics scripts, ad trackers, or other tools (maps, fonts, Google logins, or content delivery networks (CDNs)) — often track user activity and collect data across...

In this BHIS podcast, originally recorded as a live webcast, we cover some new techniques and tactics on how to track attackers via various honey tokens.  We cover how to […]

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