Alphabet Inc.‘s Google is accused of recording users of its voice-activated Home devices without permission in a potential consumer class action in California.

Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. failed to persuade an Illinois federal court to dismiss allegations the company collected fingerprint data from employees for timekeeping without permission.

Texas lab instrument maker Petroleum Analyzer Co. defeated claims it stole a former employee’s trade secrets covering a sulfur-detecting lamp, with the Fifth Circuit ruling Friday he couldn’t prove a “commonly used” chemical compound was protected.

Using fingerprint technology to track employee work time is lawful, provided legitimate grounds exist, Denmark’s data regulator has found.

Months-long camera surveillance of suspected criminals’ homes without a warrant violates the Massachusetts constitution’s right to privacy, the state’s Supreme Judicial Court found.

Recent derivative shareholder suits alleging that tech companies failed their fiduciary duty in not hiring Black board members face high hurdles in court, but could add timely pressure for real action on diversity.