California enacts law to limit privacy litigation
( October 1, 2026, 15:53 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law SB 690, a bill that would eliminate the privacy right of action under the California Invasion of Privacy Act for violations over pen registers. Newsom said the bill “addresses the vexatious use of CIPA lawsuits and demand letters to extract settlement money from small businesses that unwittingly install software on their websites that at times have tracked and shared the information of visitors to the site.”See attached file....
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