14 results for 'cat:"Communications" AND cat:"Privacy"'.
J. Estudillo dismisses all but one claim in the consumers' class action accusing Zoom Technologies of selling their personal information without consent. The consumers lack standing to pursue their Wiretap Act and Stored Communications Act claims. Their California Invasion of Privacy Act claim survives because the consumers adequately allege that the interception of their data took place in real time. However, because this is the only remaining claim, the consumers must show cause as to whether this claim meets the Class Action Fairness Act's requirements for this court to maintain jurisdiction.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Estudillo, Filed On: March 15, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv5453, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: communications, privacy, Class Action
J. Pitman denies a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to force a mobile-payments processor to turn over communications after the suing company claimed the payment processor company had breached its contract, including by violating an NDA. Granting the suing company’s injunction in this case could create “significant compliance costs” for the payment-processing company and “potentially hamstring” its operations, and the suing company has not shown that the “burden on irreparable harm or the balance of equities” justifies the injunction.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Pitman, Filed On: March 12, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv1549, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: communications, privacy, Contract
J. Howell dismisses an internet user's action against the publisher of the Washington Examiner under the Video Privacy Protection Act. She fails to show she was a subscriber to the Examiner's video goods and services and, therefore, fails to show she's a consumer, as defined by the Act.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Howell, Filed On: January 29, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv345, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: communications, privacy
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J. Hornsby denies a request for anonymity by a former community college student who is accused of viewing sexual material on his computer. “John Doe” contends the allegations have resulted in him being banned from liquor stores, financial institutions, and coffee shops. Some of the facts may be embarrassing, but he may not use a pseudonym to prosecute his due claims, ranging from due process violations to humiliation, against other students and college officials. The public’s interest in Doe’s suit, which alleges wrongdoing by public officials, outweighs his privacy concerns. The Fifth Circuit has recently rejected requests to proceed under a pseudonym by abortion providers and a police officer who made claims related to high-profile civil rights protests.
Court: USDC Western District of Louisiana , Judge: Hornsby, Filed On: September 15, 2023, Case #: 5:23cv1261, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: communications, Defamation, privacy
J. Tigar dismisses privacy claims against Home Depot from a class of consumers who say the chat feature used on the company's website records conversations without permission. The consumers' claims are based on conclusory allegations that do not prove evidence of injury or actual interception of the conversation. The third parties utilized by Home Depot were merely a tool used to record the conversations and there is no evidence that these third parties can use the information for any other purposes than to relay it to Home Depot.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Tigar, Filed On: August 30, 2023, Case #: 4:23cv995, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: communications, privacy, Class Action
J. McKeown denies a petition for panel rehearing and amends a district court order reversing the district court’s dismissal of a third amended complaint in an action brought by a class of children against Google alleging that it used persistent identifiers to collect data and track their online behavior without their consent in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The district court previously held that the “core allegations” in the third amended complaint were preempted by COPPA. State laws that supplement federal law do not stand as obstacles to Congress’s objectives and are therefore not “inconsistent.”
Court: 9th Circuit, Judge: McKeown, Filed On: July 13, 2023, Case #: 21-16281, Categories: communications, privacy, Class Action
J. Conner permits plaintiffs, Pennsylvania residents, to pursue certain consumer protection claims accusing telemarketers of running a number of bogus fundraising campaigns for fake PACs in order to line their pockets with donations because plaintiffs verified telemarketers were directly connected to the political campaigns and that defendants had placed the calls.
Court: USDC Middle District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Conner, Filed On: June 5, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv1668, NOS: Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) - Other Suits, Categories: communications, Consumer Law, privacy