Friday, July 4, 2025

Privacy Insights Digest - July 4, 2025

Privacy Insights Digest - July 4, 2025

Top 5 Critical Privacy Alerts

  • Record-Breaking $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Health Information Website Publisher — California Attorney General announces a record $1.55M settlement against Healthline Media LLC for CCPA violations. Read more
  • Data breach reveals Catwatchful 'stalkerware' is spying on thousands of phones — A security vulnerability exposed Catwatchful's database, revealing customers and stolen data from tracked phones. Read more
  • Ninth Circuit Reviews Website Tracking Class Actions and the Reach of California's Privacy Law — The Ninth Circuit reviewed class actions against Papa John's, Converse, and Bloomingdale's concerning website tracking and CIPA. Read more
  • Google Trackers: What You Can Actually Escape And What You Can't — Google's infrastructure tracks users across the web, even when they avoid Google's direct services. Read more
  • US healthcare offshoring: Navigating patient data privacy laws and regulations — HIPAA's extraterritorial flexibility impacts the privacy and security of patient health information when healthcare is offshored. Read more

Privacy Laws & Regulations (GDPR, CPRA, CCPA, AI Acts)

  • Record-Breaking $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Health Information Website Publisher — California Attorney General announces a record $1.55M settlement against Healthline Media LLC for CCPA violations. Read more
  • Ninth Circuit Reviews Website Tracking Class Actions and the Reach of California's Privacy Law — The Ninth Circuit reviewed class actions against Papa John's, Converse, and Bloomingdale's concerning website tracking and CIPA. Read more
  • US healthcare offshoring: Navigating patient data privacy laws and regulations — HIPAA's extraterritorial flexibility impacts the privacy and security of patient health information when healthcare is offshored. Read more

Data Minimization & User Consent

  • Google Trackers: What You Can Actually Escape And What You Can't — Google's infrastructure tracks users across the web, even when they avoid Google's direct services. Read more

Regulatory Fines & Enforcement Actions

  • Record-Breaking $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Health Information Website Publisher — California Attorney General announces a record $1.55M settlement against Healthline Media LLC for CCPA violations. Read more

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