Trackpads on HP’s Omen line of laptops are so defective that the computers are “rendered completely unusable” unless users buy an external mouse to navigate the computer, alleged a Monday fraud class action (docket 3:23-cv-02114) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.
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Coinbase’s requirement that users upload pictures of a valid identification card and a “selfie” violate the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, alleged a Monday class action (docket 4:23-cv-02123) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in Oakland. Plaintiff Michael Massel, an Illinois resident, opened an account with the cryptocurrency exchange firm within the past five years and was required as part of the setup process to upload a valid state-issued ID card and a real-time selfie. Both were also required to gain access to his Coinbase account, said the complaint.
Toy maker Squishable violated its privacy policy when code on its website allowed a third party to view and capture information on the checkout page as customers made purchases, alleges a Monday class action (docket 1:23-cv-03660) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.
Neither the New York Video Consumer Privacy Act (NYVCPA) nor the Minnesota Video Privacy Law (MVPL) contains a private right of action for the violations alleged by plaintiffs in a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) case, said U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Monday in an order to dismiss (docket 4:22-cv-05652). She granted Google’s motion to dismiss in U.S. District Court for Northern California in Oakland without leave to amend.
Plaintiffs’ factual allegations “fall well short of pleading a plausible claim” under the First Amendment or Texas’ social media law HB 20, said Meta Monday in a reply in support of its motion to dismiss (docket 3:23-cv-00217) a freedom of speech suit in U.S. District Court for Northern Texas in Dallas. It also filed a reply Monday in support of its motion to transfer the case to California.
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act has become “the poster child for lawsuit abuse,” said defendant National Tax Advisory Service in its motion to dismiss (docket 1:23-cv-00679) a March TCPA class action in U.S. District Court for Colorado in Denver (see 2303160054).
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act doesn't preempt the California Age Appropriate Design Code (AADC), which addresses risks to children arising from data management practices of social media platforms, said a Friday amicus brief (docket 5:22-cv-08861) filed in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose. The Electronic Privacy Information Center, Reset Tech, Facebook whistleblower Frances Hausen and a bipartisan roster of former elected and appointed state and federal government officials signed onto the brief.
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta cited “common questions of fact” in its Thursday opposition to plaintiffs’ V.V. and E.Q.’s April 6 memorandum (MDL No. 3047) in support of their motion to vacate a conditional transfer order (CTO-4) to Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation under Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in U.S. District Court for Northern California in Oakland.
Southern Theatres, a movie theater chain with three in North Carolina, is sharing customers’ private video viewing information without obtaining their consent, alleged a Wednesday Video Privacy Protection Act class action in U.S. District Court for Middle North Carolina (docket 1:23-cv-00346).
Plaintiff Anne Lightoller’s “cut-and-paste job belies the lack of merit to her claims,” said JetBlue’s Tuesday motion to dismiss (docket 3:23-cv-00361) a privacy case in U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego.