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11/2/2026
36 AGs win $220M from GM over driving data, California fines Lyft over its in-app opt-out, and the FTC orders nine firms to detail personalized pricing.
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10/28/2026
Two Instagram ads recruiting Carhartt.com visitors for a privacy claim, and the venture-funded claims marketplace that runs them for dozens of brands at once.
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10/28/2026
A real, redacted CIPA demand letter: the plaintiff rejected every cookie, the trackers fired anyway, and the site's own cookie policy became the evidence.
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10/28/2026
A real, redacted Florida FSCA complaint against an out-of-state Shopify brand: no demand letter, no consent banner, and a list of everyday marketing tags.
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10/28/2026
A real, redacted Meta Pixel arbitration demand: how a HAR file, an off-Facebook activity log, and your own terms of service turn into a $210,000 claim.
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10/28/2026
A real, redacted Meta Pixel demand letter: how one entry in a shopper's Meta activity log became a $40,000 claim under CIPA and the Wiretap Act.
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10/28/2026
Plaintiffs' firms buy social ads to recruit privacy claimants. Here's one aimed at OtterBox.com shoppers, and what it says about your checkout scripts.
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10/28/2026
A law firm's Instagram ad and landing page recruiting Ro members for privacy arbitrations, and what health and wellness brands should check on their sites.
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10/28/2026
A real, redacted Shine the Light request from Swigart Law Group, what California Civil Code 1798.83 actually requires, and the gaps that invite these letters.
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10/28/2026
A real, redacted Tauler Smith demand letter built entirely on one TikTok pixel and CIPA's trap and trace provision, and why the claim is cheap to send.
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10/26/2026
New Mexico orders Meta to pay $25B, eight states sue OpenAI, the EU Council sets its Digital Omnibus position, and the Digital Fairness Act nears.
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10/19/2026
Norway fines Xandr €8.6M over Grindr ad data, Texas settles with Temu, the ICO opens an agentic AI inquiry, and California's privacy package gets a closer read.
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