Employees at Illinois companies that use Recognition Systems scanners are required to have their hand geometry scanned into a biometric device as a condition of employment, exposing them to “serious and irreversible privacy risks,” alleged an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) class action Monday (docket 9:24-cv-03999) in U.S. District Court for Eastern New York.
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WebMD unlawfully installed a data collection process on its website, in collaboration with TikTok, to identify and trace visitors to the site, alleged a class action (docket 2:24-cv-04543) removed Friday from Los Angeles County Superior Court to U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes (R) sued TikTok Monday for its alleged “continued profiting" from deceptive design features that facilitate sexual exploitation, sex trafficking, distribution of pornography and other “illegal acts” through its “virtual currency system,” the complaint said. The suit alleges violations of Utah’s Consumer Sales Practices Act and was filed in 3rd Judicial District Court in Salt Lake County.
Hotels.com allowed unknown third parties to charge $1.5 million in hotel reservations to Shervin Pishevar’s credit card between December 2018 and March 2022, alleged an April 25 complaint (docket 1:24-cv-22081) in the 11th Circuit Court for Miami Dade County, Florida, removed Thursday to U.S. District Court for Southern Florida.
A former Gamefam contractor “hijacked” a videogame the company developed and owned -- along with all recurring revenue from the game -- alleged a fraud complaint Wednesday (docket 1:24-cv-00639) in U.S. District Court for Delaware.
Canadian cable provider Videotron, a longtime member of CableLabs, violated its subscription agreement when it terminated its membership without providing the required one-year notice, a breach-of-contract complaint Wednesday alleged (docket 1:24-cv-01521) in U.S. District Court for Colorado. CableLabs is an industry R&D corporation.
Concertgoers must pay “supracompetitive prices” for event tickets because Ticketmaster “levies excessively high fees in the primary market on tickets that it sells, which are then passed down to consumers in the secondary market,” an antitrust class action alleged Wednesday (docket 1:24-cv-04106) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York.
A T-Mobile customer’s risk of identity theft arising from the carrier’s 2021 data breach “materialized” in several instances of fraud over the past two years, alleged a negligence complaint Wednesday (docket 8:24-cv-01303) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa.
Spotify customers who bought the company’s Car Thing device are now left with “nothing more than a paperweight,” alleged three customers' class action Tuesday (docket 1:24-cv-04077) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York.
Coastal TV is being forced to broadcast with a low-power transmitter that lacks sufficient power to cover its broadcast area due to a contract dispute with Mississippi TV, alleged a May 1 fraud complaint (docket 1:24-cv-00100), removed Tuesday from the Circuit Court of Lee County, Mississippi, to U.S. District Court for Northern Mississippi in Aberdeen.