Privacy & Information Security Law Blog

On July 1, 2025, the California Office of the Attorney General announced that the AG had reached a proposed settlement with Healthline Media LLC, the publisher of a website that provides medical and health-related information, over alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act.

On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld, by in a 6-3 vote, H.B. 1181, a Texas law that requires certain commercial websites publishing sexually explicit content to verify that visitors are 18 years of age or older.

SolarWinds has reached an agreement in principle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in the agency’s ongoing securities fraud lawsuit against the company and its former chief information security officer in connection with a series of cyberattacks against the company.

On June 27, 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China released the third version of the Guidance on the Application for Security Assessment of Cross-border Data Transfers.

On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Biden Administration.

On June 19, 2025, the UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 received Royal Assent. The same day, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office published a comprehensive suite of resources on the Act.

On June 12, 2025, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed into law the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, which will take effect January 1, 2027.

On June 16, 2025, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office published its draft guidance on Internet of Things products and services.

On June 2, 2025, proposed rules were published under New Jersey’s Data Privacy Act. The Proposed Rules elaborate on what constitutes “personal data” and detail a number of compliance obligations, some of which parallel existing requirements under data privacy laws in California and Colorado.

On June 11, 2025, the UK Data (Use and Access) Bill successfully navigated its final parliamentary hurdle and will soon become law.