To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The United States District Court for Northern District of California recently dismissed a complaint alleging violations of California's CIPA Law in connection with common website data collection practices. The decision will be celebrated by both retailers and software service providers alike. Judicial affirmation of the principle that website operators' data collection practices, when done properly, are compliant with consumer data privacy protection laws provides businesses with always-useful certainty. On what basis were the allegations of CIPA Law violation dismissed? Originally enacted in 1967, the California Invasion of Privacy