Alabama AG Steve Marshall has filed a lawsuit against TikTok Inc. and affiliated entities alleging that the social media company violated state consumer protection laws by making deceptive representations, including representing that its app contains infrequent and mild adult content when, in reality, it contains frequent adult content. The complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief,…

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A bipartisan coalition of seven AGs and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced the formation of the Consortium of Privacy Regulators, an initiative aimed at enhancing collaboration and information-sharing to better safeguard consumer privacy rights. According to a press release from California AG Rob Bonta, the Consortium will regularly discuss emerging privacy law developments,…

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New York AG Letitia James settled with Root Insurance Company to resolve allegations that the company’s data security deficiencies led to a 2021 data breach involving 72,000 people, in violation of state consumer protection and data security laws. According to the settlement, Root inadequately safeguarded personal information that its online automobile insurance quoting tool prefilled…

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Arkansas AG Tim Griffin sued General Motors LLC and its subsidiary OnStar LLC (collectively, “GM”) over allegations that GM misled vehicle purchasers into enrolling in programs that collected and shared their driving data with third parties in violation of state consumer protection law. According to the complaint, GM used aggressive marketing and deceptive sales tactics to…

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Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into the artificial intelligence company DeepSeek’s privacy practices and its claims that its AI model rivals the most advanced AI models in the world, including OpenAI.

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