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Divya Bhat

Divya Bhat is a regulatory associate in the firm’s San Francisco office, where she is a member of the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity group. Before joining Covington, Divya clerked for Judge Kea W. Riggs in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Her pro bono practice focuses on reproductive rights and immigration matters.

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On May 20, 2025, Nebraska Governor Pillen approved LB 383, which imposes a broad range of restrictions on minors’ access online.  In addition to a ban on artificial intelligence-generated child pornography, the law also requires parental controls over minor social media accounts.  Nebraska joins at least two other states that have passed bans on social media for minors without parental consent this year.Continue Reading Nebraska Bans Minor Social Media Accounts Without Parental Consent

Health-related websites are increasingly targeted with wiretapping suits if they use pixels or other third-party technologies to power their websites.  A few months ago, a California court dismissed on multiple grounds one such suit challenging the use of website pixels by Clearblue, a company that offers home pregnancy and fertility test kits.  Saedi v. SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics d/b/a Clearblue, 2025 WL 1141168 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2025). Continue Reading Home Pregnancy Test Company Wins Dismissal of Pixel Wiretapping Suit

On March 26, 2025, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law SB 142, the App Store Accountability Act (the “Act”), enacting the country’s first state law that requires app store providers to verify the age of all users and places obligations on app developers. An “app store provider” is defined as “a person that owns, operates, or controls an app store that allows users in [Utah] to download apps onto a mobile device.” A “developer” is defined as “a person that owns or controls an app made available through the app store in the state.”

The law goes into effect on May 7, 2025, and the obligations on app store providers and developers are not effective until May 6, 2026. Some key provisions are outlined below.Continue Reading Utah Enacts App Store Accountability Act