News & Insights

The Washington My Health My Data Act took effect on March 31, 2024, ushering in one of the most significant and far-reaching privacy laws in the United States to date.

Creative plaintiffs’ lawyers representing website and mobile app users have leveraged older wiretapping and privacy laws, such as the California Invasion of Privacy Act and the Video Privacy Protection Act, that provide broad private rights of action and statutory damages in order to extract settlements from companies which are generally not available under more recent U.S. state privacy laws.

On February 21, 2024, Attorney General Rob Bonta (“AG”) announced a settlement with DoorDash for $375,000 over allegations that DoorDash violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”).

Gunderson Dettmer and Osborne Clarke host a discussion of data privacy and security concerns associated with use of generative AI services. 

Partner Anna Westfelt and associate Frida Alim and Cecilia Jeong led ta webinar to share insights on how to prepare for the new laws and information about requirements, consumer rights, and non-compliance penalties.

Wildfire management company, Pano AI, announces its $44 million Series B financing led by Giant Ventures with participation by new investor Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures and existing investors Initialized Capital and Salesforce Ventures. 

Data and AI company, Databricks, announces its acquisition of Neon, a developer-first, serverless Postgres database company

Anduril announces its connection with the definitive agreement to acquire leader in edge computing and tactical communications, Klas

Gunderson Dettmer Women's Affinity Group features the Women's History Month and International Women’s Day 2024 theme, “Count Her In: Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress” with a series of events across its US offices, access to resources and tribute to achievements and progress of women.