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Angelo A. Stio III

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Angelo is an experienced trial attorney who has handled matters in courts and before arbitration tribunals throughout the U.S. He focuses his practice on data privacy and security, consumer financial services, and higher education.

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Key point: With a new governor taking office in New Jersey later this month, the fate of rules proposed last year to implement the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA) will be decided by the incoming administration.

On January 20, 2026, New Jersey’s governorship will pass from Governor Phil Murphy to Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill. Under the state’s rulemaking publication schedule, January 8 was the final deadline for the Murphy administration to adopt rules and transmit them for publication. The next biweekly deadline, January 23, occurs after the transition of the governorship.

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Key point: The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion affirming the dismissal of a class action complaint asserting both California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and California Medical Information Act (CMIA) claims, providing helpful guidance on the application of the “party exception” defense to a wiretap claim, as well as the meaning of “medical information” under the CMIA claim.

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In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by colleagues Jason Manning, Angelo Stio, and Rob Jenkin to unpack the surge of litigations arising from the use of tracking technologies (e.g., cookies, pixels, and session tools) on websites. This episode explains how plaintiff firms are repurposing federal and state wiretap and “trap-and-trace” laws, as well as the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), to assert claims associated with a business’s use of tracking technologies without consent. 

Key point: Plaintiffs’ attorneys have started sending a wave of letters asserting opt-out and access rights under California’s Shine the Light law.

Over the last three months, businesses have been receiving requests from California residents seeking to exercise their rights under California’s Shine the Light law, Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.83. These requests are sent by attorneys who purport to represent a California resident who is a “customer” of, and has an “established business relationship” with, the business receiving the request. The requests seek an accounting of the customer’s personal information disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes within the past year.

Key point: The investigative sweep is part of a growing multistate approach to privacy enforcement actions.

On September 9, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced that it has initiated a joint regulatory sweep in collaboration with attorneys general (AG) from California, Colorado, and Connecticut. The sweep will target businesses’ compliance with legal requirements associated with recognition of opt-out preference signals (OOPS) and universal opt-out mechanisms (UOOMs) that consumers can use to exercise their right to opt out of online tracking technologies (i.e., targeted advertising, sales, or sharing).