Intercepting Electronic Communications
TikTok Collection of Information Practices Class Action
TikTok, Inc. (formerly known as Musical.ly, Inc.) offers the enormously popular TikTok app, with more than 100 million monthly active users in the US and 1.5 billion worldwide. But the complaint for this class action brings suit against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, Inc., alleging that the companies use an in-app browser to intercept Read more
American Airlines Wiretapping of Website Visitor Communications Class Action
According to the complaint for this class action, American Airlines, Inc. uses session replay technology that wiretaps the communications of visitors to its website. This, the complaint alleges, is a violation of both the federal Wiretap Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). Read more
Ulta Salon Wiretapping of Website Visitor Communications Class Action
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. wiretaps the communications of visitors to its website, says the complaint for this class action, through the use of Session Replay software. The complaint alleges the company has violated both the federal Wiretap Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) in using this technology at its website, Read more
True Value’s Website Wiretapping of Visitors Class Action
This class action accuses True Value Company of intercepting and wiretapping visitors to its website, www.truevalue.com. The complaint alleges that the company “directs third-party vendors, such as Microsoft Corporation, to embed snippets of JavaScript computer code (‘Session Replay Code’) on True Value’s website, which then deploys on each website visitor’s internet browser for the purpose Read more
Overstock.com Website Chat Feature Wiretapping CIPA Class Action
Overstock.com, Inc. operates the website of the same name, www.overstock.com, and this class action brings suit against it for violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). According to the complaint, the company (1) wiretaps the communications website visitors have via the website chat feature and (2) lets at least one other party eavesdrop Read more
LensCrafters Website Chat Feature Wiretapping CIPA Class Action
Luxottica of America, Inc. owns or operates the website, www.lenscrafters.com. The complaint for this class action brings suit against that company, alleging that it has violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) in two ways. The complaint alleges that it (1) wiretaps the communications website visitors have via the company’s website chat feature and Read more
Cabela’s Session Replay Wiretapping of Website Visitors Pennsylvania Class Action
The complaint for this class action quotes an article in The Economist as saying that the “world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.” Companies want information on consumers, and the complaint alleges that Cabela’s, LLC gets it by an unlawful wiretapping, through embedding code in its website that intercepts and records visitors’ Read more
Zillow Session Replay Wiretapping of Website Visitors Illinois Class Action
The practice of “wiretapping” may now include wiretapping or intercepting communications on websites. The complaint for this class action alleges that Zillow Group, Inc. has had third-party vendors, such as Microsoft Corporation, embed snippets of JavaScript computer code (known as Session Replay code) on its website. This code allows it to replay visitors’ communications with Read more
Bloomingdale’s Website Wiretapping of Visitors Missouri Class Action
This Missouri class action is about intercepting and wiretapping consumers visiting a website. The complaint alleges that Bloomingdales.com, LLC “procures third-party vendors, such as FullStory, to embed snippets of JavaScript computer code (‘Session Replay Code’) on Bloomingdale’s website, which then deploys on each website visitor’s internet browser for the purpose [of] intercepting and recording the Read more
Zillow Session Replay Code and Illinois Eavesdropping Act Class Action
Zillow Group, Inc. is responsible for the Zillow website, which the complaint for this class action calls “the leading online homebuying marketplace” in the country. But the complaint also claims that Zillow has third-party vendors, such as Microsoft, embed Session Replay Code in its website that allows Zillow to intercept and record the communications of Read more