7 results for 'cat:"Privacy" AND cat:"Jurisdiction" AND cat:"Class Action"'.
[Consolidated.] J. Chun grants the patients' motion to remand a putative class action alleging that the cancer research institute's negligence allowed hackers to access patient contact information. The institute is based in Washington and the data breach primarily involved Washington patients. Furthermore, three causes of action in the lawsuit are based on Washington statutes and none of the causes of action involve another state's law. Therefore, the discretionary home-state exception to the Class Action Fairness Act applies.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Chun, Filed On: March 22, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv1893, NOS: All Other Real Property - Real Property, Categories: privacy, jurisdiction, class Action
J. Anello declines to grant preliminary approval of a $350,000 settlement in a class action alleging that the healthcare company failed to take the necessary precautions to prevent a cyberattack and thereby protect the patients' personal health information. The amount in controversy does not exceed the $5 million threshold for federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act and the parties fail to show that minimal diversity exists. Additionally, here is no federal question at issue in this case, so the court lacks jurisdiction.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Anello, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv570, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: privacy, jurisdiction, class Action
J. Bress finds that the district court properly dismissed a class action matter due to lack of specific personal jurisdiction over a company that offers a web-based payment processing platform to merchants. When processing payments, the company obtains the personal information of its customers. There was no relationship between the company's business contacts in California and class members' claims because these contacts did not cause class members' harm. The district court’s denial of a request for jurisdictional discovery was not an abuse of discretion. Affirmed.
Court: 9th Circuit, Judge: Bress, Filed On: November 28, 2023, Case #: 22-15815, Categories: privacy, jurisdiction, class Action
J. Johnston dismisses an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act class action accusing the dating app of collecting users' facial geometry without consent as part of its "lookalikes" feature, which matched people with dates who resembled celebrities or other romantic interests. The case is dismissed on procedural grounds, as the dating app operators had insufficient service of process and the court lacks jurisdiction over several of them.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Johnston, Filed On: September 18, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv50457, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: privacy, jurisdiction, class Action
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