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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently issued a decision that could have significant consequences for data privacy cases going forward. The class action is getting a lot of attention from legal experts and generating major headlines, such as “Black v. IEC Group: Important Data Privacy Ruling.” That’s because the federal appellate court reversed a lower court decision and held that a plaintiff can have Article III standing to sue even when the only harm alleged is the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data.

The Los Angeles data privacy lawyers with Tauler Smith LLP recently secured another pre-trial win in an important case: Swinerton Construction accused of tracking website visitors by secretly installing LinkedIn software. The national commercial construction company allegedly used tracking technology to surveil website visitors, collect their online data, and then share the data with LinkedIn.

The consumer protection lawyers at Tauler Smith LLP keep racking up victories for clients in data privacy lawsuits involving the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). The most recent success story garnered media coverage from Bloomberg Law on the firm win in a CIPA claim against Alex and Ani, the nationwide jewelry retailer.

A major online jewelry retailer recently made headlines for the allegations in a class action lawsuit: Alex and Ani disclosed customer data to TikTok. Specifically, Alex and Ani was accused of using online tracking technologies to collect customers’ information without consent and then sharing it with the popular social media platform.