The U.S. DOJ settled with Verkada Inc., a cloud-based building security company that sells security cameras and other physical security products, to resolve allegations that its data security and email practices violated the FTC Act and the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act). The complaint, filed by the…

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Missouri AG Andrew Bailey has opened an investigation into Jerico Pictures, Inc. d/b/a National Public Data, a background check data aggregator, over a data breach that has allegedly exposed personally identifiable information of more than 2.9 billion people.

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A group of 21 Republican AGs sent a letter to the president of WhaleCo Inc., d/b/a Temu, and the CEO of Temu’s parent company PPD Holdings Inc. (collectively, “Temu”), raising concerns that the company’s business practices may violate federal and state laws. In the letter, led by Montana AG Austin Knudsen, the AGs allege that Congressional…

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird has announced the promotions of three senior staff members. Ed Bull, previously Chief of the Health and Human Services Section, has been appointed Deputy Attorney General for Agency Counsel. Jeff Peterzalek, formerly Chief of the Office’s Administrative Law Section, will now serve as Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation. Ian McConeghey, who…

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In this article for Law360, Considerations As State AGs Step Up Privacy Enforcement Ann-Marie Luciano and Meghan Stoppel review new state privacy laws. They evaluate the increasingly complex patchwork of compliance obligations faced by businesses and propose steps business leaders can take to mitigate the risk of state AG scrutiny. Read more here.

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