Smart home brand Eufy collected, stored and used biometric identifiers and information of delivery drivers without providing them notice, obtaining informed written consent or publishing a data retention schedule, alleged a Nov. 27 privacy class action (docket 5:23-cv-02407) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Riverside. Fantasia Trading owns Eufy, a sister brand to Anker.
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MGM Resorts International's “impermissibly inadequate data security” caused the personally identifiable information (PII) of plaintiffs and class members to be “exfiltrated by unauthorized cybercriminals” in a Sept. 7 data breach, alleged a Nov. 27 class action (see 2:23-cv-01981) transferred Thursday from U.S. District Court for Southern California to U.S. District Court for Nevada in Las Vegas.
Plaintiffs have “pled in detail the necessity of relief for third parties whose speech and reading activities are prohibited by the overbroad provisions” of Section 1201 of the Digital Millennial Copyright Act, and the law “should not be allowed to escape review on its merits," said plaintiffs-appellants in their opening brief (docket 23-5159) of an appeal challenging a lower court ruling before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The U.S. telecom industry “prioritizes the health, safety, and environment of its communities and workers,” emailed a USTelecom spokesperson Wednesday. The company was commenting in response to Arizona Attorney General Kristin Mayes’ (D) announcement earlier Wednesday that she’s investigating lead-covered cables that may be present in Arizona, posing a potential environmental and public health risk (see 2311290060).
Simon & Schuster took career and business management titles it published by author Martin Yate and turned them into collections, without the knowledge of the author and without paying royalties, said Yate’s Wednesday copyright infringement complaint (docket 1:23-cv-12896) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.
AT&T violated California statutes by falsely advertising the reliability, coverage and speed of its phone and internet services, while billing for services not provided, alleged a class action (docket 2:23-cv-09979), removed Monday from California Superior Court to U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) is investigating lead-covered cables that may be present in Arizona, a response to recent reports identifying them as a potential environmental and public health risk, her office said Wednesday.
T-Mobile breached its contractual obligations to Irvine, California-based mobile device maker Unimax by failing to accept delivery of nearly half a million devices, alleged Unimax's fraud complaint Tuesday (docket 2:23-cv-01830) in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle.
Google is allowing a "fake company" that's likely not U.S.-based to use its platform "to scam people,” alleged a fraud complaint (docket 1:23-cv-10352), removed Monday to U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.
Smartbiz Telecom isn't an originating provider and doesn't have the capability to make calls, said the VoIP provider Monday in a reply (docket 1:22-cv-23945) to the response from the office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) to its statement of material facts in the state's Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuit (see 2311200027).