The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has joined the Third and Eleventh Circuits in ruling that any disclosure of an individual’s online viewing history along with their personally identifiable information confers standing to bring a suit for violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) in federal court. The case, Eichenberger v. ESPN, Inc.,
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D.C. Circuit: Alleged theft of healthcare subscriber information satisfies Article III harm standard under Spokeo
By Jeffrey L. Poston, Peter B. Miller, CIPP/G/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT & Charles Austin on
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has now weighed in on whether plaintiffs can bring a putative class action arising from an alleged data breach in lieu of allegations of actual misuse of compromised data. Emphasizing the “low bar to establish [] standing at the pleading stage,” the D.C. Circuit reversed a…