A class action lawsuit against Burger King for data privacy violations could be headed to trial. Burger King was sued for a faulty consent banner on its website, with plaintiffs alleging that the fast-food giant continued to track user activity and private communications even after their clear rejection of cookies and other tracking technologies.
California healthcare provider TrueCare was sued for sharing user health data without consent. Now, a federal court has ruled that the class action lawsuit can proceed. TrueCare operates a website, https://truecare.org/, that patients visit to get information and schedule appointments. When patients fill out forms on the website, they expect that their personal data will remain confidential. However, the company allegedly used pixel-tracking software to collect user data.
Adidas has been accused of violating the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by installing tracking pixels on its website: “small, almost-invisible images embedded on the website to track a user’s activities.” The footwear and sports apparel company was sued in a class action filed in the California Southern District Court. Now, a ruling has come down from the court: CIPA lawsuit against Adidas can proceed.
A California court recently ruled that a trap & trace CIPA claim against Peachybbies can proceed. The Plaintiff, a California consumer, alleged that Peachybbies violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by installing TikTok Software on its website to track and intercept the personal information of website visitors without their consent. This data was then allegedly shared with TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media platform.
A federal court in California recently ruled on a trap and trace class action against HoMedics and FKA Distributing Co. – and the ruling was fantastic news for the consumer protection attorneys at Tauler Smith LLP. The plaintiff in the case is a California resident who visited the HoMedics website. According to the legal complaint, the website utilized TikTok software to unlawfully collect personal information from the plaintiff and other consumers who visited the site.
The Los Angeles consumer protection lawyers at Tauler Smith LLP recently won a pre-trial demurrer hearing in a trap & trace complaint against IHOP. The California Invasion of Privacy Act lawsuit against IHOP was filed by a California consumer who alleged that the restaurant chain installed a trap and trace device on its website to unlawfully monitor website visitors without consent. IHOP argued that the case should be dismissed before trial, but the court overruled the Defendant’s demurrer and said that the case against IHOP can proceed.
International media company Entravision was sued for violating the California Trap & Trace Law. The plaintiff in the lawsuit is a California consumer who alleged that her data was unlawfully collected when she visited the Entravision website. According to the complaint, Entravision uses TikTok software to record and gather personal data from every person who visits the website, which exposes this confidential information to the communist Chinese government.
The California consumer protection lawyers at Tauler Smith LLP are representing a consumer who filed a trap & trace lawsuit against MSC Cruises. The cruise ship company has been accused of utilizing trap & trace technology on its website to collect customer information without permission. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County recently ruled on a demurrer filed by the Defendant in the case: the court overruled the demurrer, which means that the case against MSC Cruises could proceed to trial.
Tauler Smith LLP won an important pre-trial argument in a CIPA claim against Taylor Farms. The lawsuit, which was heard in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, stemmed from allegations that Taylor Farms violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by using trap & trace software on the produce distribution company’s website to collect customer data without permission. The court ruled that the Plaintiff pled sufficient facts to support a reasonable inference that the Defendant violated the consumer protection statute.
A number of recent lawsuits have been filed based on something known as “the pen register theory.” But what are pen registers? One of the surveillance tools commonly used by law enforcement to spy on suspects is the pen register, which allows police to capture phone numbers that were dialed on outgoing calls. Increasingly, these devices are being used by businesses to reveal the content of communications on websites, which poses a very real privacy concern for consumers.