( March 13, 2026, 2:38 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 12 affirmed in part and vacated in part a lower court’s preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) in a suit filed by a trade association of online businesses challenging the CAADCA, which was enacted to provide online privacy protections for children under 18, affirming the injunction regarding the act’s data use and dark patterns restrictions after finding that those provisions do not clearly describe the prohibited conduct....