Ian M. Ross, Jonathan Lesgart, Author at Data Matters Privacy Blog

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Entries by Ian M. Ross

19 03 '25

Florida Federal Court Puts Florida’s Security of Communications Act in Play in the Ongoing Wave of Website Privacy Class Actions

March 19, 2025/in Cookies, Litigation, Online Privacy/by Ian M. Ross

In a significant development in the ever-expanding world of privacy class actions, earlier this month a federal judge in Florida denied dismissal of a website privacy claim brought under the […]

30 10 '24

Massachusetts’ Highest Court Signals Willingness to Scrutinize State Wiretapping Laws and Knock Out Claims at the Pleading Stage

October 30, 2024/in Litigation, Online Privacy, State Privacy Laws/by Ian M. Ross

For the past few years, hundreds of companies have been caught in a wave of privacy class actions relying on decades-old wiretapping laws to attack modern website technologies and business […]

17 10 '24

Second Circuit Offers Guidance on Meaning of “Consumer” Under the U.S. Video Privacy Protection Act

October 17, 2024/in Litigation, Online Privacy/by Ian M. Ross

Yesterday, in Salazar v. National Basketball Association, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of a putative class action under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), offering […]