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Data Privacy

Mar. 31, 2025

The beginning of the end for California Invasion of Privacy Act Litigation?

Recent court rulings and proposed bill SB690 are pushing back against CIPA lawsuits targeting website technologies, like IP address collection, potentially reducing future cases.

The beginning of the end for California Invasion of Privacy Act Litigation?
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The tide may be turning for plaintiffs using the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) to sue companies using internet-based technologies on public-facing websites, who face attacks from both the Legislature and the bench. The plaintiffs' bar has filed thousands of cases creatively alleging that common website technologies, including chatbot functions, session replay software, analytics and advertising pixels or cookies, and search bar URLs are all examples of illegal wir...

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