Privacy Law Matters Blog

By Zachary DouglasHere is a snapshot of some privacy developments from the last month. If you missed our last post, you can find it here. US STATE LAW California Supreme Court Opinion Regarding Liability for Screening Providers  The California Supreme Court held that applicant screening providers can be held directly liable under state civil rights law, as the…

By Alex Schlight  After 5-years of legislative back and forth, India passed its new comprehensive privacy law, the Digital Personal Data Protection (“DPDP”) Act, last month. This week, India’s Minister of State for Electronics and IT said that companies will be given around a year’s time to comply with the Act (though certain organizations like…

By Charlotte LundayOn Monday, September 18, 2023, a federal judge in the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction delaying enforcement of California’s Age Appropriate Design Code (“CA AADC”) in NetChoice, LLC v. Bonta signaling the likelihood that CA AADC will be deemed unconstitutional.CA AADC was passed in September 2022 and was slated to…

By Taylor Widawski UPDATE: Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Delete Act into law on October 10, 2023. The law takes effect August 2026. Another amendment to the California data broker law, SB 361, was also signed into law by Governor Newsome on October 8, 2025- see blog post here - those amendments take effect…

By Destiny Ginn Under a proposed stipulated order dated September 11, 2023, background check providers, Instant Checkmate, TruthFinder, The Control Group media company, IntelicareDirect, and PubRec, will be required to pay $5.8 million for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for activities as consumer reporting agencies (CRA) and of the Federal Trade…

Hintze Law PLLC is excited to announce that Destiny Ginn has joined the firm as a first-year associate* in the Seattle office. A member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Destiny first joined the firm as a summer associate in 2022, during which time she gained experience working on global data protection issues,…

By Zachary DouglasHere’s a snapshot of some privacy developments from this summer. If you missed our last post, you can find it here. US STATE LAW Coalition of 16 States Defend Transgender Student Privacy A coalition of 16 states, including Massachusetts; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Washington, D.C.; Hawaii; Illinois; Maine; Maryland; Minnesota; New Jersey; New York; Oregon; Rhode Island;…

Hintze Law PLLC is delighted to announce that Mike Hintze, Member Partner, and Jevan Hutson, Associate, have been recognized by Best Lawyers®. Mike is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 edition under the category of Information Technology Law and Technology Law for his work in privacy and data security. Jevan is recognized in…

Please join us in congratulating, Jevan Hutson, Associate at Hintze Law PLLC, for earning recognition as 2023 Washington Rising Star by Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters. Jevan is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and Certified Information Privacy Manager and key member of Hintze’s Cybersecurity & Breach Response Group and the Artificial Intelligence and…

By Ro Friend & Susan Hintze Here at Hintze Law, we are thrilled and honored to announce that through a nomination by LinkedIn, we have been awarded the DEI Roundtable Law Firm Diversity Award for our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The DEI Roundtable consists of legal counsel from tech leaders AirBnB, ByteDance/TikTok, Google,…