on Wednesday apologized after some customers using the Australian airline's app were shown the name, flight details and loyalty status of other passengers. The national carrier said there was no indication this was a cyber security incident, and that its current investigation suggests that the data breach was caused by a technology issue related to recent system changes.

Fox Rothschild LLP Quietly changing the terms of service agreements could be unfair or deceptive: Any firm that reneges on its user privacy commitments risks running afoul of the law. It may be unfair or deceptive for a company to adopt more permissive data practices —for example, to start sharing consumers' data with third parties or using that data for AI training — and to only inform consumers of this change through a surreptitious, retroactive amendment to its terms of service or privacy policy.

On April 2024, Sen. Maria Cantwell, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, advanced a new federal privacy bill to the House floor titled the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). Although it is not yet law, many observers are optimistic that the APRA will move forward due to its bipartisan support and the compromises it reaches on the issues of preemption and private rights of action, which have stalled prior federal privacy bills.