Hemmings Motor News Subscriber Information Sharing Michigan Complaint

July 23, 2022

The complaint for this class action alleges that American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) shares information about subscribers to its Hemmings Motor News magazine with data aggregators, data cooperatives, and list brokers. According to the complaint, this disclosure of Private Reading Information violates Michigan’s Preservation of Personal Privacy Act (PPPA), at least before the PPPA was amended in 2016.