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I’m back with another exciting case to put on your radar. So, what’s the scoop? On the surface, Vishal Shah v. Fandom, Inc. might seem like a straightforward dispute over some lines of code on a gaming website, gamespot.com. See Vishal Shah v. Fandom, Inc., No. 24-cv-01062-RFL, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 193032 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 21, 2024). However, it delves into a more significant issue: the conflict between privacy rights and business practices. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s ruling is central to interpreting how the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) applies to internet tracking practices.
CIPA, as many of you know, is all about safeguarding personal information. Central to this case is Cal. Penal Code § 637.7 which prohibits installing or using a “pen register” without a court order. The statute broadly defines a pen register as “a device or process that records or decodes dialing, routing…
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