Aug. 17, 2026
Variety Media: The appeal that could decide whether CIPA applies to website technologies
California's Court of Appeal is weighing whether a 1967 wiretapping law can regulate everyday website technologies, with potentially sweeping consequences for businesses and online privacy.
Jana Slavina Farmer
Email: jana.farmer@wilsonelser.com
Jana Slavina Farmer is a Fellow of Information Privacy with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). She is also a partner at Wilson Elser and a leader of the firm's Privacy, AI and Data Governance Practice.
Lioba Bakker
Lioba Bakker is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Wilson Elser, where she advises clients on cybersecurity, data privacy and protection, including privacy compliance, AI governance and advertising technology.
Pending before California's Second District Court of Appeal, Variety Media, LLC v. Superior Court may produce the first published California appellate decision on whether California Invasion of Privacy Act's (CIPA) pen register and trap-and-trace provisions apply to routine website technologies. Variety Media, LLC v. Superior Court, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Three, Case No. B350578 (petition for writ of mandate a...
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