The consumer protection lawyers at Tauler Smith LLP keep racking up victories for clients in data privacy lawsuits involving the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). The most recent success story garnered media coverage from Bloomberg Law on the firm win in a CIPA claim against Alex and Ani, the nationwide jewelry retailer.
A major online jewelry retailer recently made headlines for the allegations in a class action lawsuit: Alex and Ani disclosed customer data to TikTok. Specifically, Alex and Ani was accused of using online tracking technologies to collect customers’ information without consent and then sharing it with the popular social media platform.
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.
Home décor company Lulu & Georgia was sued for CIPA violations, and now the Los Angeles County Superior Court has issued an important pre-trial ruling in favor of the Plaintiff.
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.
The California consumer protection lawyers at Tauler Smith LLP recently secured an important pre-trial win in a trap & trace lawsuit against Trane Technologies. The Plaintiff in the case is a California resident who filed a civil complaint against Trane Technologies, accusing the air conditioning & heating company of violating the Trap and Trace Law contained in the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). The Defendant filed a demurrer and attempted to get the case dismissed before trial.
Tauler Smith LLP secured a major courtroom win in a California trap & trace claim against Rad Power Bikes. The plaintiff, a California consumer, filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the e-bike company utilized TikTok tracking code on its website to deanonymize users by trapping and tracing their personal information. The digital privacy case is being heard in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, which recently ruled on a pre-trial motion filed by the Defendant.
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.