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Throughout the month of February, states continued to introduce
new privacy laws of their own as Congress remained preoccupied with
enacting an additional COVID-19 relief package. Virginia emerged as
the primary highlight of the month, as the state s enactment of
the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) on March 2 makes Virginia
the second state to enact a comprehensive state data privacy law in
the U.S., after the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA).
In addition to Virginia s enactment of the law, lawmakers in
California and other states have continued to unveil a slate of
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Federal Court Finds the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Does Not Apply Retroactively, Dismissing Claims Against Walmart Stemming from an Alleged Data Breach Wednesday, March 10, 2021
A federal District Court in California recently dismissed a lawsuit against Walmart that arose from an alleged data breach. (
Gardiner v. Walmart, Inc., 20-cv-04618-JSW (N.D. Cal., March 5, 2021). Among other things, the court determined that California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) does not apply retroactively, dismissing the CCPA claim because the plaintiff had not specified the date of the alleged breach.
According to the allegations of the complaint, the plaintiff had provided certain personal identifying information (PII) to Walmart, including credit card information, when he created an online account. Plaintiff claimed that Walmart has been targeted numerous times by individuals who have hacked its website and its customers’ computers, and that the hackers p
By Nikki Courtney
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Them s fightin’ words to Facebook. Facebook rakes in about $84 million globally by tracking their users’ whereabouts on the internet so that advertisers can better target likely customers and not waste time or effort on those who would never use a product. It always sounded like a reasonable proposition and most Facebook friends never gave it a second thought.
A federal District Court in California recently dismissed a lawsuit against Walmart that arose from an alleged data breach. (Gardiner v. Walmart, Inc., 20-cv-04618-JSW (N.D. Cal., March.