The technology that science fiction promised us has finally arrived, but accompanying it are new duties, liabilities, and causes of action. Smart homes, or homes interfaced with internet functionality, are growing in popularity. In a smart home, features like door locks and appliances may be connected to the internet, allowing consumers to remotely control or
It is a reoccurring issue in data privacy litigation—a plaintiff commences litigation challenging applications of new technology and raising various claims concerning decades-old data privacy laws that predated the technology at issue. Such is the case of recent data scraping litigation, addressed in greater detail below.
What is data scraping? Good question. To generalize, it