wiretapping

Titleist, FootJoy Websites Visitor Wiretapping Class Action

Businesses nowadays believe they need detailed information on their potential customers in order to succeed. But in trying to gather this data, the complaint alleges, some companies are violating the privacy rights of visitors to their websites. It brings suit against Acushnet Company and Acushnet Holdings Corp., alleging that the companies gather too much information  Read more

Nemours Foundation Patient Communication Wiretapping Class Action

The Nemours Foundation offers websites and an app in connection with its Nemours Children’s Health services. But the complaint alleges that Nemours helps Facebook (or Meta) to intercept patients’ private communications with the websites and app, including some that include personally identifiable information (PII) or protected health information (PHI) without the patients’ knowledge or consent,  Read more

TikTok Surreptitiously Collects Users’ Private Information Class Action

TikTok, Inc., which was formerly known as Musical.ly, Inc., has a remarkably popular app purportedly used every month by 1.5 billion people around the world. This class action brings suit against TikTok and ByteDance, Inc., alleging that the companies intercept private communications through the use of an in-app browser offered by TikTok.  Read more

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

Facebook Pixel Collects Tax Filing Information Class Action

While this class action is yet another against Meta Platforms, Inc. that takes issue with the collection of information by its Facebook Pixel tracking tool, it highlights an area of alleged information collection that is even more concerning: tax preparation. The complaint alleges the Pixel “is being improperly used on the websites of financial services  Read more

TikTok Wiretapping of Users Through In-App Browser Class Action

This class action brings suit against two related companies—TikTok, Inc. (formerly known as Musical.ly, Inc.) and ByteDance, Inc.—claiming that they “surreptitiously intercept[] the private electronic communications of users of Tiktok’s social media application” through the use of an in-app browser. The complaint claims that the browser tracks users’ actions and communications at third-party websites, without  Read more

TikTok, ByteDance Session Replay Code and In-App Browser Class Action

This class action alleges that the companies TikTok, Inc. and ByteDance, Inc. use Session Replay Code to intercept and record the actions and information of TikTok users when they go from the app to another website, by causing the users to make use of an in-app browser rather than their regular browsers. The complaint alleges  Read more

TikTok, ByteDance Surreptitious Data Gathering Class Action

Privacy is of increasing concern as websites track consumers to gain information that can be used for advertising or other purposes. But the complaint for this class action brings suit against TikTok, Inc. and its parent company, ByteDance, Inc., alleging that the danger of data gathering is heightened when it is done without notice and  Read more

Noom Wiretapping of Website Visitors Pennsylvania Class Action

Information is now the most-desired resource in the world, and companies have begun collecting all kinds of information on consumers—not just on their personal characteristics, but also on their engagement, behavior, and attitudes. The complaint for this class action alleges that Noom, Inc. gets detailed information through wiretapping, using Session Replay Code embedded in its  Read more

ESPN Website Wiretaps Visitors with Oracle’s BlueKai Pennsylvania Class Action

The ESPN.com website is owned by the Walt Disney Company. The complaint for this class action alleges that Disney wiretaps the communications of the website’s visitors, with the help of Oracle America, Inc.’s BlueKai Pixel. BlueKai, the complaint claims, intercepts and records information about visitors and the moves they make at the website, in violation  Read more