Rebecca Day

Vermont National Telephone’s demand that the relevant time period for discovery should extend “to the present date” in its fraud claim about the 2015 AWS-3 auction should be denied, said defendants Dish Network and American AWS-3 Wireless in their Monday responses to VTEL’s motion to compel.

The Cheesecake Factory hires third-party vendors such as Microsoft to embed JavaScript session replay code on its website for wiretapping purposes, alleged a Friday privacy class action (docket 3:23-cv-00272), in U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego.

Computer reseller CDW “demands compliance with several forms of extortion from its business partners,” alleged a fraud complaint Monday in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago (docket 1:23-cv-00868).

Two more privacy class actions were filed against Apple Friday, alleging Apple tracks and collects a wide range of user data, even as the company advertises it keeps users’ personal information secure. Over a dozen such cases have been filed since the start of the year, with claims that Apple “flagrantly engages” in user tracking (see 2302010017), despite bold marketing claims it does just the opposite.

SmartBiz “knowingly plays a significant role in connecting scammers to consumers in Florida and elsewhere,” said Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), in a Friday response (docket 1:22-cv-23945) in U.S. District Court for Southern Miami in Florida, asking the court to deny the telecom company’s Feb. 2 motion to dismiss. Moody sued SmartBiz in December for violating the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act and other statutes, plus the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule.

Nexstar Media knowingly disclosed to Facebook data containing subscribers’ personal identifiable information and digital files of videos viewed on its WGNTV.com website, alleged a Thursday digital privacy class action (docket 1:23-cv-01050) in U.S. District Court for Central Illinois in Peoria. A Nexstar spokesperson declined comment Thursday.

In the 12th known federal class action brought against T-Mobile for its latest data breach, plaintiff Richard Smith sued the carrier Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle for its “failure to protect and properly secure” his and other customers’ sensitive personal identifiable information (PII). His complaint (docket 2:23-cv-00188) also seeks to hold T-Mobile accountable for its alleged failure to “timely advise” customers of the November breach.

YouTube’s Partnership Program (YPP) “enabled, facilitated and profit-shared” in two adults’ predatory behaviors, enabling the identification and grooming of vulnerable children for illicit sexual purposes, alleged a Wednesday complaint (docket 5:23-cv-00091) against two YouTube channel users, the video platform and Google in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Ocala.

Another plaintiff wants to join a privacy class action against LastPass and its parent company, Go To Technologies, for an August data breach that allegedly compromised consumers’ personal identifiable information (PII), said a motion Monday (docket 1:22-cv-12047) to consolidate cases under U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.

Plaintiff William Rose’s transaction associated with an alleged SIM swap wasn't from the defendant’s store, said Cellular Touch Wireless in a Monday response (docket 2:23-cv-22) to a negligence complaint filed last month in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Fort Myers.