Website Tracking & Wiretap Litigation Cases
Tracked website tracking litigation matters from the Crandall Consulting intelligence database. Each page reports what public sources say — including procedural posture — without overstating holdings. Also see tracking laws, technologies, and research.
Doe v. Cedars-Sinai Health System
The Ninth Circuit affirmed remand orders in three patient class actions alleging disclosure of private medical information through Cedars-Sinai's website tracking software. The court concluded that Cedars-Sinai's website development did not…
In re: Novant Health, Inc.
The agreement concerns consolidated federal class litigation alleging privacy-related claims arising from Novant Health’s use of an Internet tracking pixel and potential disclosure of personal or health-related information. The parties reac…
Golden v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC
The Second Circuit affirmed dismissal of Sherhonda Golden’s lawsuit against NBCUniversal Media concerning alleged disclosure of her Today.com video-viewing activity to Facebook through the Facebook Pixel. The nonprecedential summary order s…
Montana Strong, et al. v. LifeStance Health Group Incorporated
The court-authorized notice describes a proposed settlement in a federal class action concerning LifeStance's alleged use of website pixels to collect and disclose patients' personally identifiable information to third parties. Court approv…
Kaplan v. Northwell Health, Inc.
The settlement FAQ describes a lawsuit alleging that Northwell Health disclosed patients' personally identifiable information to third parties through tracking technologies without consent; Northwell denies liability. The New York state tri…
Matthew Horan et al. v. National Cable Satellite Corporation
Plaintiffs filed a putative VPPA class action alleging that National Cable Satellite Corporation shared C-SPAN website video-viewing information with Facebook and associated viewing activity with their Facebook accounts without consent. The…
Salazar v. Paramount Global
Salazar alleges that Paramount transmitted his 247Sports.com video-viewing information to Facebook without consent through a web-tracking tool. The district court dismissed his VPPA class action, and the Sixth Circuit affirmed because his n…
Baker v. Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle Children’s Hospital's answer asks the Washington Supreme Court to deny review of Division One's unpublished ruling in Baker v. Seattle Children’s Hospital. The filing describes a Washington Privacy Act dispute involving website use …
Brian Elkins and Annie Elkins v. Southeastern Indiana Health Management Inc. d/b/a Columbus Regional Health
Brian and Annie Elkins brought a putative class lawsuit alleging that a tracking pixel in Columbus Regional Health's patient portal shared health data without consent. The hospital removed the case from state court, and the excerpt discusse…
In the Matter of: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board adopted a stipulated final order concerning Ford Motor Company's CCPA privacy practices. The order requires a $375,703 administrative fine and specified compliance measures, including an audit …
Heredia Crespi et al. v. BayCare Health System, Inc.
Plaintiffs allege that BayCare used Google Analytics 4 and DoubleClick on its website without visitors’ consent, transmitting sensitive medical information and electronic communications to Google. The court granted in part and denied in par…
Variety Media LLC v. Superior Court
Jones Walker reports that SB 690 was signed September 30, 2026, and will limit private civil remedies for covered Section 638.51 website and application claims beginning January 1, 2027. In Variety Media, LLC v. Superior Court, the Californ…
Ortega, et al., v. Emanate Health Medical Center
The FAQ describes a proposed $777,000 settlement in Ortega, et al., v. Emanate Health Medical Center concerning an alleged “Pixel Disclosure” and California privacy claims. Emanate denies the allegations, and the notice describes final cour…
W.W. v. Orlando Health
In a motion filed October 1, 2025, plaintiff W.W. seeks certification of nationwide and Florida classes in litigation against Orlando Health concerning appointment-request forms on OrlandoHealth.com. Plaintiff alleges that Meta Pixel, Googl…
Cumor, Dunn v. European Wax Center Inc.
Top Class Actions reports that European Wax Center agreed to a $5 million settlement of a Florida state-court class action alleging collection and sharing of website visitors' information through tracking pixels without consent; the company…
R.G. v. Oregon Clinic, P.C.
R.G. filed a proposed class action against Oregon Clinic, P.C. in federal court in Oregon on August 10, 2026, alleging that website tracking tools disclosed patients’ private information to third parties, including Google. The excerpt descr…
Jarrell v. Adena Health System
The settlement website describes a proposed class action settlement in Jarrell v. Adena Health System concerning alleged use of third-party tracking pixels on Adena web pages. Adena denies wrongdoing, and the excerpt states that the Court h…
Ward v. Mochi Health Corp.
Ward alleges that third-party trackers or pixels on Mochi Health's website collected her sensitive health information. The court granted in part and denied in part the motion to dismiss, finding several privacy claims plausibly pleaded and …
In re CityMD Data Privacy Litigation
New York residents brought a consolidated class action alleging that Summit Health Management, LLC, doing business as CityMD, disclosed patient information to third-party advertisers through website tracking technologies. The District of Ne…
John Doe v. SSM Health Care Corporation
John Doe filed a putative class action alleging that SSM’s MyChart portal transmitted personal health information to third-party marketing services through Meta Pixel. The Eighth Circuit affirmed remand to Missouri state court after the dis…
Jason Swarts v. The Home Depot, Inc.
Swarts brought a putative class action alleging that Home Depot recorded website chat conversations without his knowledge or consent, asserting CIPA, federal Wiretap Act, and UCL claims. The order grants in part and denies in part Home Depo…
Blandford v. UofL Health, Inc. and University of Louisville Physicians, Inc.
Blandford brought a Kentucky state-court class action alleging that healthcare defendants used the Meta Pixel on their website and patient portal to transfer personal and health information to Facebook without authorization. After defendant…
Yeisley v. Univ. of Iowa Hosps. Clinics
The article reports that the Southern District of Iowa dismissed a putative class action against University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics concerning alleged disclosure of a patient's personally identifiable information through a website pix…
Popa v. Microsoft Corp.
The article reports that California enacted SB 690 to narrow private CIPA pen-register litigation involving websites and applications while preserving wiretapping and eavesdropping claims. It also describes developing standing standards, in…
In Re: BPS Direct, LLC; Cabela’s, LLC Wiretapping Litigation
The excerpt identifies a Third Circuit opinion in the BPS Direct and Cabela's wiretapping litigation, decided May 11, 2026. Its opening describes the retailers' use of JavaScript Session Replay Code to capture and store website interactions…
George Williams, et al. v. TMC Health
In a putative class action, plaintiffs alleged that TMC Health used website tracking technologies to transmit visitors' activity, including sensitive health-related searches, to third parties. On September 30, 2024, the court dismissed the …
In the Matter of 2080 Media, Inc., d/b/a PlayOn Sports
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board adopted a stipulated final order concerning 2080 Media, Inc., d/b/a PlayOn Sports, effective immediately on February 27, 2026. The order requires a $1.1 million administrative fine and complian…
Smith v. Rack Room Shoes, Inc.
The law firm blog reports a Northern District of California decision in Smith v. Rack Room Shoes, Inc., concerning allegations that third-party pixel tracking intercepted private communications containing personally identifiable information…
Osheske v. Silver Cinemas Acquisition Co.
Paul Osheske filed a putative class action against Silver Cinemas Acquisition Co., doing business as Landmark Theaters, concerning disclosure of website ticket purchase information to Facebook through a pixel. The Ninth Circuit affirmed dis…
Zhen et al v. The Allstate Corporation
Law360 reports allegations that Allstate's website uses Meta and Google advertising trackers to share consumers' communications even when users instruct it not to share. The excerpt identifies Zhen et al v. The Allstate Corporation, filed M…
Hasson v. FullStory, Inc.
This precedential Third Circuit opinion addresses appeals from dismissals of two class actions involving FullStory’s Session Replay Code for lack of personal jurisdiction. Hasson sued FullStory, and Schnur sued Papa John’s International ove…
Lugo v. Inova Health Care Services
The article reports that Inova agreed to a $3,147,390.04 class action settlement addressing allegations that website tracking pixels collected and shared patient information without authorization; Inova did not admit wrongdoing. The reporte…
Mohr, et al. v. The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania as Owner and Operator of The University of Pennsylvania Health System (d/b/a Penn Medicine)
Top Class Actions reports that UPHS agreed to a $9.25 million settlement of a Pennsylvania class action alleging that website tracking pixels shared patient information with third parties without consent; UPHS admitted no wrongdoing. The ag…
Allison v. PHH Mortgage
Ethan Allison brought a putative class action alleging that PHH Mortgage used website tracking devices to disclose users’ personal and financial information to third parties without their knowledge or consent. The amended order granted PHH’…
In re Facebook, Inc. Internet Tracking Litigation
This published Ninth Circuit opinion concerns privacy claims arising from Facebook's alleged tracking of users on third-party websites, including logged-out users. The court-staff summary reports that the panel found adequate allegations of…
Wehrle v. McLaren Health Care Corporation
Sourcepoint reports that the Michigan court in Wehrle v. McLaren Health Care Corp allowed patients’ federal Wiretap Act and unjust-enrichment claims concerning alleged website disclosures of identifiable health information to proceed to dis…
Sanders v. Shoe Carnival, Inc.
A September 17, 2026 memorandum identifies Sanders v. Shoe Carnival, Inc. as a putative class action in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff alleges that the retailer tracked her website interactions and shared personal data …
State of Missouri ex rel. Attorney General Andrew Bailey v. H&R Block Inc., TaxSlayer LLC, and TaxAct Inc.
The Missouri Attorney General’s petition alleges that H&R Block, TaxSlayer, and TaxAct used website pixels to transmit sensitive personal, financial, and tax-return information to Meta, Google, and potentially other entities without custome…
Horton v. Willis-Knighton Medical Center
Horton brought a putative class action alleging that Willis-Knighton’s use of Meta-Pixel disclosed patients’ private health information to Facebook for targeted advertising. On appeal from a remand order, the Fifth Circuit held that Willis-…
Kishore, et al. v. Times Internet (UK) LTD
The settlement website reports a settlement in a pending federal class action against Times Internet (UK) LTD d/b/a Willow TV, identified as the Willow TV VPPA Settlement. The described class includes subscribers who watched pre-recorded vi…
Brian Elkins and Annie Elkins v. Bartholomew County Public Hospital d/b/a Columbus Regional Health
The lawsuit alleges that Columbus Regional disclosed private information to third-party technologies without patient consent. Columbus Regional denies the plaintiffs’ claims and maintains that it did nothing wrong.
Stowe et al. v. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc., d/b/a Bicycling
Plaintiffs filed a putative class action alleging that Hearst used tracking tools on Bicycling.com to intercept and disclose search terms, video viewing information, and identifiable information to third parties without consent. On June 10,…
In the Matter of Tractor Supply Company
On September 26, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency Board adopted a stipulated final order in its administrative matter concerning Tractor Supply Company, effective immediately. The bounded excerpt identifies the CCPA enforcemen…
Fons v. Grocery Outlet, Inc.
Plaintiffs in a putative class action allege that Grocery Outlet continued third-party cookie tracking after they selected “Reject All,” asserting California privacy, CIPA, and fraud-related claims. The court granted Grocery Outlet’s motion…
D'Antonio et al v. Smith & Wesson Inc.
A law firm analysis reports that the Northern District of California denied a motion to dismiss CIPA website-tracking claims in D’Antonio v. Smith Wesson Inc. The court found the amended complaint sufficiently detailed at the pleading stage…
Brittanee Jackson, et al. v. Yardi Systems, Inc., et al.
An official Santa Barbara Superior Court tentative ruling addresses a filed class action alleging that Yardi Systems and RentCafe used website-tracking tools to intercept and disclose visitors' information without their knowledge or consent…
Crano v. Sojern, Inc.
Suellen Crano filed a putative class action alleging Sojern collected identifying information and hotel-booking data without her consent through Hilton and Marriott websites. The court dismissed the action with leave to amend because she ha…
In re: BPS Direct, LLC, and Cabela’s, LLC, Wiretapping
The memorandum addresses allegations that BPS Direct and Cabela’s used third-party session replay software to track website activity, alongside a claim concerning disclosure of a firearm purchase to Facebook. The court found the pleaded fac…
Ryan Emmett v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Ryan Emmett brought a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines alleging that session replay software on delta.com recorded his website interactions without prior consent, asserting Pennsylvania Wiretap Act and intrusion-upon-seclusion claims individ…
In re: Zillow Group, Inc. Session Replay Software Litigation
Law360 reports that a Washington federal judge threw out a proposed class action alleging Zillow used Microsoft browser tracking software that shared users' website activity with third parties. The excerpt identifies the case and its Septem…
The People of the State of California v. Healthline Media, LLC
The People of the State of California filed a complaint against Healthline Media, LLC in San Francisco Superior Court on July 1, 2025, seeking an injunction, civil penalties, and other equitable relief. The complaint alleges deficiencies in…
Hartigan v. Ulta Salon, Cosmetics Fragrance Inc.
Top Class Actions reports that Raeanon Hartigan filed a putative class action against Ulta in the Southern District of California, alleging that Meta Pixel and related technologies captured and transmitted website communications without con…
Doe v. Wellstar Health System, Inc.
The article reports a $4.25 million settlement agreement in Doe v. Wellstar Health System Inc. concerning allegations that website and patient-portal tracking disclosed patient information to third parties, including Meta and Google. Wellst…
Strong, et al. v. LifeStance Health Group Inc.
Top Class Actions reports that LifeStance Health Group agreed to pay $3,027,874.44 to resolve a class action alleging that website tracking pixels enabled third parties to collect sensitive patient information without consent. LifeStance di…
Petris v. Sportsmans Warehouse, Inc., et al.
The settlement website describes a filed Pennsylvania class action alleging that Sportsman’s Warehouse, Inc. and Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. disclosed online firearm-purchase information to third parties without consent; Defendants…
Del Salto v. Rolex Watch USA Inc.
Bloomberg Law reports that Rolex Watch USA Inc. agreed to settle a proposed class action brought by Alexander Del Salto, who filed a notice of settlement in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Del Salto alleged th…
Cancelmo v. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, et al.
Cancelmo brought a putative class action alleging that hospital-related defendants shared website interaction information with Google without consent, asserting claims under New Hampshire health-information and wiretap statutes. The defenda…
Branson v. Concord Hospital Inc. et al.
The settlement website reports an $800,000 class action settlement involving allegations that Concord web properties used third-party tracking technology that may have intercepted telecommunications or disclosed protected health information…
D’Antonio v. Tripadvisor, LLC
D’Antonio filed this Massachusetts lawsuit alleging unauthorized third-party tracking on Tripadvisor’s website under CIPA and unjust enrichment, after a California court dismissed his earlier action without prejudice based on a forum-select…
Reimer v. BabyCenter, LLC, et al.
According to the source, a proposed federal class action alleges that BabyCenter, Everyday Health, and Ziff Davis continued sending pregnancy-related browsing data to advertising and analytics recipients after visitors selected “Do Not Cons…
Jacqueline Horton, et al. v. Willis-Knighton Medical Center
The settlement website describes a class action settlement for Willis-Knighton Medical Center patient portal account holders and people who requested appointments online between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2023. It lists compensation …
Martin v. LCMC Health Holdings, Inc.
Martin’s putative class action alleges that LCMC embedded website tracking pixels that shared private health information with third parties for targeted advertising, asserting Louisiana Electronic Surveillance Act and unjust enrichment clai…
In re Adobe Data Tracking Litigation
The law firm article reports that a federal court dismissed all nine claims in a putative privacy class action alleging that Adobe used persistent ECIDs to track users across websites and build advertising profiles. The court found the nonc…
Brand, et al. v. The University of Phoenix, Inc.
The court-authorized website reports a settlement in a class action alleging that the University of Phoenix disclosed students’ personally identifiable information to Meta and other third parties without consent; the defendant denies wrongd…
Brown et al. v. WebMD LLC
The complaint alleges that WebMD allowed third parties to collect California users' data after they turned off the website's “Sale of Personal Data” setting and confirmed their choices. The Northern District of California transferred the pu…
Doe v. Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc.
Three anonymous patients brought a putative class action alleging that Bayhealth's website trackers collected private health information and disclosed it to Facebook, Google, and Microsoft for targeted advertising. On April 4, 2025, the Del…
Doe et al. v. Bayhealth Medical Center Inc., d/b/a Bayhealth
The settlement website reports a proposed settlement of a Delaware class action concerning Bayhealth’s use of third-party tracking pixels on its web pages, with eligibility described for people accessing its Mychart Patient Portal through B…
Barrales et al v. Reckitt Benckiser LLC
Plaintiffs filed a putative class action alleging that Reckitt's Enfamil, Durex, and K-Y websites placed third-party tracking cookies and transmitted browsing information despite their selection of the 'Disable All' option. They asserted Ca…
Lutge v. Timex.com, Inc.
The complaint alleged that Timex disclosed shopping information to Klaviyo despite a cookie opt-out. The court found insufficient allegations of concrete privacy injury and dismissed with leave to amend, without reaching the merits.
Charlie Lucas v. Call-On-Doc, Inc.
The court-authorized website describes a proposed settlement in Charlie Lucas v. Call-On-Doc, Inc., an Illinois state-court class action alleging that third-party tracking pixels on Call-On-Doc's web pages were contrary to certain Californi…
Dawson v. University of Phoenix
Bloomberg Law reports that University of Phoenix student Janielle Dawson voluntarily dismissed a proposed class action alleging that online tracking tools collected and disclosed users’ video-watching behavior to third parties. The court pr…
Banks v. CoStar Realty Information Inc.
Bloomberg Law reports that Desmond Banks appealed the dismissal of his VPPA lawsuit concerning CoStar Realty Information Inc.’s delivery of marketing videos through Apartments.com. The lower court found that the company was outside the stat…
Gershzon v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Plaintiffs challenged Meta Pixel tracking on the California DMV website under the DPPA and CIPA. The court found that transmitted data showed webpage visits, not transaction contents or completion, and dismissed for lack of concrete injury;…
Doe v. CRH Healthcare, LLC et al
The plaintiff alleged that healthcare website tracking disclosed personal and medical information to Google without authorization. The court granted dismissal with leave to amend; the source does not establish subsequent amendment or final …
Grubor, et al. v. Barefoot Dreams, Inc.
Plaintiffs allege disclosure of customers’ personally identifiable information through third-party technologies without consent; Barefoot Dreams denies the claims. The proposed settlement provides $8 for valid claims, subject to court appro…
Tanner v. FCA US LLC
This website-tracking suit received a mixed pleading ruling: interception and constitutional privacy claims survived, while pen-register, CDAFA, and UCL claims were dismissed. The court allowed amendment rather than entering a final judgmen…
Krzyzek et al v. OpenX Technologies, Inc.
Plaintiffs allege OpenX used pixels to track browsing and compile personal profiles without consent. The court allowed four claims to proceed and dismissed unjust enrichment with leave to amend by February 5, 2026. ([cases.justia.com](https…
Wiley v. Universal Music Investments, Inc.
Plaintiffs alleged tracking despite cookie opt-outs. The court dismissed CIPA claims with prejudice while permitting privacy and unjust enrichment claims to proceed past standing and timeliness challenges. ([docs.justia.com](https://docs.ju…
Doe v. Engel et al
The complaint alleges UCSD Health employees embedded tracking tools that transmitted identifiable medical-search communications. The court dismissed only the federal procurement theory while allowing direct-interception and California priva…
Brown et al. v. Walmart, Inc.
Plaintiffs alleged Walmart.com transmitted video purchase information to Meta through Meta Pixel, linking purchases to Facebook accounts. The court delegated arbitrability to the arbitrator and administratively terminated proceedings, allow…
Kueppers et al. v. Zumba Fitness, LLC
Plaintiffs allege Zumba transmitted URLs exposing purchasers’ names and video-course purchases to advertisers. The court certified a class and three subclasses, excluding NextRoll; TradeDesk subclass claims had already been abandoned. This …
Ahlers et al. v. Allina Health Systems
On September 24, 2026, the court granted final approval of the tracking-related class settlement and directed entry of judgment. It retained jurisdiction over implementation and enforcement without determining liability. ([law.justia.com](h…
Felsen et al. v. The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Plaintiffs allege third-party tracking disclosed brokerage activity from Vanguard’s website and app. The court sustained standing and state wiretap claims while dismissing federal wiretap and California constitutional/common-law privacy cla…
Hutcheson et al. v. Verogen, Inc.
The court issued a mixed pleading-stage ruling concerning GEDmatch genetic-data practices. Dismissed claims could be amended by October 21, 2026; surviving claims remained pending. ([law.justia.com](https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/dist…
Garcia, et al. v. Microsoft Corporation, et al.
The putative class action concerns tracking on Minecraft websites, applications, and online services. The court questioned concrete injury and required a standing response, without dismissing the action or deciding liability. ([docs.justia.…
T.S. v. Body Contour Centers LLC
T.S. alleges Sono Bello transmitted consultation information to Meta through the Facebook Tracking Pixel without consent. The court allowed ECPA to proceed while dismissing CIPA and the withdrawn CMIA claim. ([law.justia.com](https://law.ju…
Davis v. NerdWallet, Inc.
The plaintiff alleged privacy injuries from NerdWallet’s website tracking. The court remanded because federal jurisdiction was absent and state-court dismissal was not absolutely certain; it did not decide liability. ([docs.justia.com](http…
Kimmons v. NFL Enterprises LLC
Plaintiff alleges browser tracking on nfl.com. The court questioned concrete injury and ordered defendant to justify federal jurisdiction before possible remand.
Deidun v. Humana, Inc.
On October 8, 2026, the court denied Humana’s motion to dismiss all claims concerning alleged health-information tracking on its website and internal portals. The decision evaluates pleading sufficiency rather than establishing the allegati…
Thelma Kimmons v. NFL Enterprises LLC
The complaint alleges browser tracking on nfl.com. The court found insufficient allegations of concrete personal injury and ordered the removing defendant to justify federal jurisdiction, without deciding the merits or remanding the case. (…
In re BPS Direct LLC
The article reports a published, precedential standing decision concerning Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s websites. Two purchasers alleging capture of complete payment card information established standing, while six anonymous browsers did not…
Shah v. MyFitnessPal, Inc.
Plaintiffs alleged tracking continued after cookie opt-outs. The court partially granted dismissal but allowed Wiley’s CIPA claims and both plaintiffs’ fraud claims to proceed, rejecting dismissal on timeliness grounds. ([govinfo.gov](https…
Cobbs v. PetMed Express, Inc.
The complaint alleges that PetMed assisted third parties in intercepting confidential communications on 1800petmeds.com. The source reports termination followed by an appeal, but does not disclose a substantive outcome and cautions that its…
Miller v. University of Colorado Health
Law360 reports that University of Colorado Health has asked a federal court in Colorado to dismiss a proposed class action alleging that it shared patients' browsing data with Meta through a website tracking tool identified in the headline …
McCulley, et al. v. Banner Health
The court-authorized settlement website describes allegations that Banner Health disclosed patient-account users’ personal and health information to third parties, including Meta and Google, through website tracking technologies; Banner den…
Ann Jones v. Bloomingdales.com, LLC; Ann Jones and Jane Tenzer v. Papa John's International, Inc.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed dismissals of website session-replay suits because plaintiffs inadequately alleged concrete privacy injury. The court distinguished general browsing activity from private information and did not resolve personal …
Afrika Williams v. Duke University Health System, Inc.
The lawsuit concerned allegations that Duke Health tracking tools potentially shared patients’ personal or health-related information with an unnamed third-party vendor. The FAQ reports final approval of a $3,743,600 settlement on August 27…
Jane Doe v. AMISUB (SFH), Inc. d/b/a Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis
The settlement website describes a class action concerning Tenet Healthcare’s use of third-party tracking pixels on its web pages, with potential benefits for qualifying individuals who visited its websites or accessed its patient portal be…
Hanson v. Sanford Health Corp.
Hanson alleges Sanford disclosed website-search information through advertising trackers. The court dismissed two claims with prejudice while allowing the other challenged claims to proceed and deferring the class-definition issue. ([law.ju…
Farst v. AutoZone, Inc. et al.
The agreement addresses claims concerning session replay on AutoZone.com and provides $20 for each valid, timely claim, with approved-claim funding capped at $1,233,820. The settlement class comprises qualifying Pennsylvania residents who p…
In re Meta Pixel Healthcare Litigation
ConsentStack reviews multiple Meta Pixel lawsuits, reported settlements without admissions of wrongdoing, class-certification denials, and statutory developments. Its flagship healthcare case alleges that hospital patient portals sent healt…
Desmond Banks v. CoStar Realty Information Inc.
Bloomberg Law reports that Desmond Banks appealed the dismissal of his VPPA lawsuit against CoStar Realty Information Inc. concerning marketing videos on Apartments.com. The lower court found that the company was not covered by the statute’…
Singh v. The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corp., et al.
The court-authorized FAQ describes a class action alleging that Cone Health improperly tracked website users' information, including on its MyChart patient portal. The parties agreed to a proposed $1,765,000 settlement covering qualifying p…
Farve v. River Light V, L.P. et al.
The complaint alleges Tory Burch website communications were disclosed to TikTok and Google. The court found insufficient allegations identifying plaintiff’s disclosed information and concrete privacy injury, and allowed amendment rather th…
Grivetti v. Dental Intelligence, Inc.
Plaintiffs allege that information submitted through LocalMed was disclosed without consent to Google and other third parties; defendant denies wrongdoing. The court granted preliminary settlement approval, leaving final approval and dismis…
Shah v. Politico LLC
Plaintiffs allege Politico continued third-party cookie tracking after they rejected certain cookies through its banner. The September 25, 2026 order permitted several claims to proceed while dismissing CIPA claims on limitations grounds, w…
Doe v. Children's Hospital Corporation
Plaintiff alleged disclosure of website searches, appointment requests, and patient-portal clicks to Google and Facebook without consent. The court found the claims sufficiently pleaded and denied dismissal, without determining liability.
Harmon v. DNA Diagnostic Center LLC
Mikia Harmon's proposed class action alleges that DNA Diagnostic Center LLC shared identifiable information about her genetic testing with Google through online tracking tools for targeted advertising. The company seeks dismissal with preju…
Patrick Santoro; Jessica Landis v. Tower Health; Meta Platforms, Inc.
Patients alleged Tower Health shared identifiable health information through Meta Pixel. The appellate court affirmed the challenged orders without deciding substantive pleading sufficiency.
Juliette Blatt, et al. v. Barefoot Dreams, Inc.
The court approved a settlement covering United States residents purchasing from Barefoot Dreams websites during the specified period. It entered final judgment and dismissed the action with prejudice, subject to vacatur if the settlement’s…
Stowe et al. v. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.
Plaintiffs allege that Bicycling.com tracking tools disclosed search terms, video-viewing information, and identifying information to third parties without consent. The court denied immediate arbitration and ordered limited discovery on agr…
Reisberg v. Renaissance Learning
Students alleged that Renaissance collected and shared information through third-party tracking technologies. The court dismissed their claims without leave to amend. ([foxrothschild.com](https://www.foxrothschild.com/privacy-data-security/…
Blaker v. Netscout Systems
Loeb & Loeb reports that the Los Angeles Superior Court dismissed Blaker v. NetScout Systems, Inc. with prejudice, rejecting a CIPA § 638.51 claim concerning an X Corp. SDK deployed on NetScout's website. The article attributes the result t…
Thomas v. Papa John's International, Inc.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of Thomas's session-replay privacy claims while rejecting Papa John's personal-jurisdiction challenge. The unpublished memorandum is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ([law.jus…
Gonzalez v. Windstream Holdings Inc
The complaint alleges website tracking through cookies and web beacons before meaningful notice or control. The source has not established whether the case remains active or has terminated and identifies no court ruling stating a result. ([…
Ortiz v. Foris Dax, Inc.
Plaintiffs alleged crypto.com transmitted browsing data despite their selecting “Disable All” cookies. The court found the allegations insufficient to establish concrete privacy injury and dismissed with leave to amend. ([docs.justia.com](h…
Santoro v. Tower Health
Patients alleged Tower Health shared identifiable health information through Meta Pixel without authorization. The court found standing but affirmed dismissal and denial of further amendment without deciding claim sufficiency. ([law.justia.…
Camplisson v. Adidas America, Inc.
A Womble Bond Dickinson analysis reports that the Southern District of California denied Adidas's motion to dismiss a putative CIPA class action concerning TikTok and Microsoft Bing tracking pixels on November 18, 2025. The court found the …
Limas v. Wayfair LLC
A law firm-authored article reports that the Central District of California allowed most CIPA theories in Limas v. Wayfair LLC to proceed past a motion to dismiss. The complaint alleges that six social-media-associated tracking tools collec…
Khamooshi v. Politico LLC
A law firm report describes dismissal of the amended complaint in Khamooshi v. Politico LLC, a putative class action alleging that third-party technologies on politico.com collected identifying and device information supporting a CIPA pen r…
Wright v. TrueCare Property Holdings, LLC
The lawsuit concerns alleged Meta Pixel tracking on truecare.org. The November 21, 2025 order preserved the pen-register claim and permitted amendment of four dismissed counts, without resolving ultimate liability. ([govinfo.gov](https://ww…
Semien et al v. PubMatic Inc.
Plaintiffs allege that PubMatic’s tracking technologies collected browsing information across websites and compiled detailed profiles without their consent. The January 27, 2026 order denied dismissal of the privacy and statutory intercepti…
Bianca Johnston v. Capital One Financial Corp.
Crandall Consulting reports a pending federal lawsuit involving alleged website tracking, including a TikTok pixel, and claims under California Penal Code §§631(a) and 638.51. The court vacated a scheduled hearing and requested additional b…
Price v. Converse, Inc.
The article reports dismissal of a proposed website-tracking class action against Converse for insufficient allegations of concrete injury. It notes that plaintiffs may pursue state-court claims and that federal courts differ on website-dat…
Haviland v. Rokt US Corp.
Plaintiff alleges Rokt’s website software transmitted visitors’ browsing information to third-party data brokers. The court stayed proceedings pending Variety Media’s resolution of the statute’s application to internet tracking, without dec…
Jones v. Skullcandy, Inc.
Jones alleges Skullcandy.com transmitted browsing, purchase, and identifying data to Meta and Google without consent. The court denied Skullcandy’s dismissal motion, allowing the claims to proceed without determining ultimate liability. ([c…
Bradshaw et al v. Lowe's Companies, Inc.
The court dismissed Lowe’s Companies for lack of personal jurisdiction and the case for insufficiently alleged concrete injury. It rejected the remaining dismissal arguments and allowed amendment. ([cases.justia.com](https://cases.justia.co…
Tyler Maghoney v. Dotdash Meredith, Inc.
According to the source, the plaintiff alleged that Dotdash Meredith's health-information website collected sensitive health-related search queries and shared them with third parties for targeted advertising. On February 23, 2026, the court…
Mitchener v. CuriosityStream, Inc.
The source reports that the Northern District of California dismissed Mitchener's putative class action concerning CuriosityStream's use of TikTok website tracking software with prejudice on August 6, 2025. The court found insufficient alle…
Dominique Nelson v. Reddit Inc.
Nelson alleges that Reddit used LiveRamp tracking to collect visitors' IP addresses and place browser cookies, supporting claims under CIPA §§ 638.50(b) and 638.51(a). The Southern District of California stayed the lawsuit pending the Calif…
Lofty Inc. v. Shah
Glaser Weil reports that Lofty and Ovadia Law Group filed separate federal actions seeking declaratory relief in response to Vivek Shah's CIPA website-analytics demand-letter campaign; Ovadia also seeks abuse of process damages. The alert c…
Torres v. SeatGeek, Inc.
A California federal judge dismissed a putative class action against a ticket seller alleging third-party pixel tracking, concluding the alleged collection and transmission of browsing metadata did not establish Article III standing. The co…
Drummer v. CoStar Group, Inc.
The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit appeal Drummer v. CoStar Group, Inc. (docket 26-1652), arguing that collecting and transmitting IP addresses necessary for basic internet functioning does not constitute an Article…
Sanchez v. Cars.com; Aviles v. LiveRamp
A Chamberlain Hrdlicka blog post explains how plaintiffs have used California's 1967 Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) pen register provisions to sue websites over routine trackers and describes inconsistent trial-court rulings on that theory.…
Bradshaw et al. v. Lowe's Companies, Inc. and Lowes Home Centers, LLC
The Southern District of California granted in part and denied in part Defendants’ motion to dismiss in a case alleging use of TikTok and Microsoft trackers on lowes.com. The court dismissed Lowe’s Companies for lack of personal jurisdictio…
Gonzalez Merical v. The Joint Corp.
The magistrate judge recommended granting Defendant’s motion to dismiss, concluding the plaintiff lacked Article III standing and failed to state claims under the Federal Wiretap Act and California privacy statutes. The opinion arises from …
Camplisson v. Adidas Am., Inc.
This Baker Donelson client alert (Jan 8, 2026) summarizes and analyzes a November 18, 2025 Southern District of California decision in Camplisson v. Adidas, where the court denied a motion to dismiss CIPA § 638.51 claims alleging website tr…
Joanne Magliocca v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted UnitedHealthcare’s motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint and dismissed the action with prejudice on August 19, 2026, finding plaintiff lacked Article III standin…
D'Antonio v. Cable News Network, Inc.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied CNN’s motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act based on third‑party trackers on CNN.com. The court found the…
Javier v. Assurance IQ
This explainer describes a wave of lawsuits since 2022 alleging that website session-replay and tracking scripts can trigger California wiretap and pen-register statutes if they record before consent. The Ninth Circuit in Javier v. Assuranc…
Greenley v. Kochava
This is a district-court order in GREENLEY v. KOCHAVA, INC. (S.D. Cal.) dated July 27, 2023. The court granted in part and denied in part the defendant's motion to dismiss and denied the defendant's motion to transfer venue. The order did n…
Maghoney v. Dotdash Meredith, Inc.
An Inside Class Actions post summarizes a February 23, 2026 S.D. Cal. decision in Maghoney v. Dotdash Meredith, where the court, applying the Ninth Circuit's Popa decision, dismissed wiretap and related privacy claims for lack of Article II…
Schallert v. Laird Superfood, Inc.
A federal district court in the Central District of California dismissed a CIPA-based pixel class action for lack of Article III standing because the plaintiff did not allege a concrete privacy injury or identify specific website interactio…
Firlej v. Petrosian Esthetic Enters., LLC
A Central District of California decision (Firlej v. Petrosian Esthetic Enters., LLC) dismissed a CIPA § 631(a) claim against Google and a website operator for failure to plausibly allege that a third party 'read' communications and that an…
Ingraham et al v. Capital One Financial Corporation
A federal district court in the Northern District of California denied class certification in Ingraham v. Capital One, finding individualized issues regarding what data was shared, consumers' consent, and class-wide proof of harm predominat…
Gilligan v. Experian Data Corp.
A federal district court in the Northern District of California denied Experian's motion to stay a putative class action pending arbitration and resolved a motion to dismiss by granting in part and denying in part. The court held that plain…
Mirmalek v. Los Angeles Times Communications LLC
Crandall Consulting reports that the U.S. District Court for the N.D. Cal. granted final approval to a $3.85 million class settlement in Mirmalek v. Los Angeles Times resolving alleged CIPA §638.51 claims involving third-party trackers; the…
Nelson v. Reddit, Inc.
The Southern District of California denied Reddit’s motion to dismiss a CIPA-based class action alleging that embedding a LiveRamp tracker which collected IP addresses and cookies qualified as a pen register. The court found the complaint p…
Doe v. Adventist Health System/West
A California Court of Appeal (Second District, Div. Three) partially reversed and partially affirmed a trial court's denial of class certification in a putative class action alleging that Adventist Health shared patient information with Met…
Caldwell v. InMobi Pte. Ltd.
The Northern District of California denied InMobi’s motion to dismiss, holding the amended complaint plausibly alleges that InMobi’s mobile SDK collected routing/identifying data and that these allegations support claims under CIPA’s pen re…
Schallert v. Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
A Los Angeles Superior Court sustained Palo Alto Networks' demurrer and dismissed a complaint alleging a website SDK was a CIPA trap-and-trace device, holding that CIPA's trap-and-trace provisions are limited to telephone lines. The dismiss…
IN RE: OTTER.AI PRIVACY LITIGATION
This August 13, 2026 N.D. Cal. order on Otter.ai's motion to dismiss denied standing and many dismissal arguments, allowing multiple privacy claims (including BIPA and certain CIPA/ECPA theories) to proceed, while dismissing the CFAA and CD…
Michael Winston and David Buehler v. Safelite Group, Inc.
This is a class-action complaint filed January 23, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that safelite.com continued to deploy third-party cookies and tracking (including vendor pixels) despite use…
Krzyzek v. OpenX Techs., Inc.
A Northern District of California judge largely denied OpenX's motion to dismiss in Krzyzek v. OpenX, allowing claims under CIPA (including § 631(a) and a pen-register provision) and federal ECPA § 2511, as well as an intrusion upon seclusi…
Edward Lewis et al. v. Magnite, Inc.
A federal district court in C.D. Cal. denied class certification in Edward Lewis v. Magnite, Inc., relying on the Ninth Circuit's Popa v. Microsoft decision to conclude that individualized Article III standing inquiries would predominate in…
Tsering v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
This January 12, 2026 N.D. Cal. order granted Meta's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint for failure to state a claim, while finding plaintiffs adequately pleaded Article III standing. All asserted claims were dismissed w…
Javier v. Assurance IQ, LLC and Active Prospect Inc.
Tracked sources report a Ninth Circuit panel concluded CIPA Section 631 requires prior express consent before recording web interactions and held retroactive consent insufficient. The ruling reversed the district court on retroactive consen…
Javier v. Assurance IQ; Greenley v. Kochava
Industry summary of mid-2026 California litigation under CIPA describing two reported decisions: Javier (9th Cir.) rejecting after-the-fact consent, and Greenley (S.D. Cal.) finding the term 'process' can encompass software for pen-register…
Vivek Shah v. TalentBridge, Inc.
The Rossi Law Office blog post (published July 17, 2026) reports that Vivek Shah has sent numerous CIPA demand letters and filed litigation alleging that ordinary website technologies transmit search terms and other data to third parties in…
Rodriguez v. Ink America International Group
The article summarizes that California's CIPA has generated thousands of website-tracking lawsuits and that trial courts have produced conflicting rulings; a Los Angeles Superior Court dismissed §638.51 pen register claims in Rodriguez v. I…
Haviland v. Rokt Inc.
A federal district court (E.D. Cal.) granted Rokt's motion to stay a putative CIPA class action alleging that website-installed DBSDKs transmitted visitors' browsing data in violation of Cal. Penal Code § 638.51. The court found the stay ap…
Rounds v. Development Dimensions International
The tracked source reports that plaintiff alleged DDI used a 6Sense SDK and cookies that deanonymized visitors, invoking Cal. Penal Code §638.51. The Central District of California dismissed the §638.51 claim on March 11, 2026, concluding c…
J.S. v. Spring Fertility Holdings, LLC et al.
This September 30, 2025 federal district court order granted Meta's motion to sever J.S.'s claims (to be consolidated with the In re Meta Pixel Healthcare Litigation) and granted LinkedIn and Spring Fertility's motions to dismiss J.S.'s com…
Johnson v. The Allstate Corporation
This is a putative class-action complaint filed February 23, 2026 in the Northern District of Illinois alleging that Allstate’s website continued to load third‑party tracking technologies (Adobe, Meta, Google, DoubleClick, Invoca, Pinterest…
Marcos Ramos et al. v. Branch Metrics, Inc.
A California trial court granted Branch Metrics' motion to stay a putative class action under Penal Code § 638.51 pending the Court of Appeal's decision in Variety Media, LLC v. Superior Court. The court continued consideration of Branch's …
Laura Gilbert v. Brooklinen, Inc.
This page summarizes a putative class-action complaint filed June 18, 2026 in the Eastern District of New York alleging Brooklinen's website deployed third-party tracking technologies despite users rejecting non-essential cookies and assert…
Timothee v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
A federal district court in Northern California dismissed a putative class action alleging third-party pixel tracking on nonprofit food bank websites, finding plaintiffs lacked Article III standing, had consented to the third party's receip…
Javier v. Assurance IQ; D Antonio v. CNN
This tracked-matter summary reports a Ninth Circuit (2022) decision that session replay recorded before providing notice/consent could be treated as an interception under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). The page also notes su…
Greenley v. Kochava, Inc.; Javier v. Assurance IQ, LLC
This litigation-tracker page summarizes a group of CIPA class actions in California federal courts concerning website and app trackers, session-replay tools, and chat vendors. It reports that some courts (including the Southern District of …
NetScout Systems, Inc. (case name not specified in article)
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled that the pen register and trap-and-trace provisions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act apply only to telephone communications and not to an SDK used on a commercial website, sustaining …
Paul Nakamura v. Pfizer Inc.
Privado AI reports that a proposed class action filed May 12, 2026 alleges Pfizer's website continued to transmit visitor data to Google tracking tools after users selected 'Decline All' on a consent banner. The complaint asserts claims und…
Fregosa v. Mashable Inc.
A federal district court in the Northern District of California denied Mashable’s motion to dismiss a Second Amended Complaint alleging that third-party web trackers installed on Mashable’s site recorded IP addresses and device identifiers …
E.H. et al v. Lifelong Adoptions, Inc.
The federal district court granted LifeLong’s motion to dismiss in part and denied it in part on July 24, 2026. Several claims were dismissed (some with leave to amend, others without), while multiple privacy-related claims under California…
In re Meta Android Privacy Litigation
This May 11, 2026 district-court order in the consolidated In re Meta Android Privacy Litigation granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss: three specific claims were dismissed with leave to amend while the remainder survived. T…
C.B. v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
A proposed class action filed June 19, 2026 in SDNY alleges Planned Parenthood and regional affiliates transmitted appointment-booking selections and related details to third parties (notably Google) via embedded trackers and that tracking …
FTC v Kochava, Inc.
This is an FTC Legal Library page titled "FTC v Kochava, Inc." (page date 2026-06-26). The extracted content contains only site navigation and header material and does not include any substantive details about filings, claims, allegations, …
Vivek Shah v. Crain Communications, Inc.
A federal district court in the Central District of California declared Vivek Shah a vexatious litigant on July 20, 2026 and entered a pre-filing order requiring leave of court before Shah may file new CIPA or related digital privacy suits …
Vivek Shah
The provided page text is largely site navigation and practice-area links. The page title states that a California federal court declared serial CIPA plaintiff Vivek Shah a vexatious litigant, but the article body and case details are not p…
Adair, et al. v. Cigna Corporate Services, LLC and the Cigna Group
A Klein Moynihan Turco blog post summarizes a Pennsylvania federal judge's dismissal of plaintiffs' ECPA, WESCA, and invasion of privacy claims against Cigna on the ground that plaintiffs consented to use of third-party tracking technologie…
Delong v. PHE, Inc.
A federal district court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a motion to dismiss an amended complaint alleging that the Adam Eve website used Google Analytics to collect intimate user data, finding the plaintiff sufficiently alle…
Popa v. PSP Group LLC
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided Popa v. PSP Group LLC, holding that plaintiffs lacked Article III standing to challenge routine session-replay/website-tracking where no embarrassing, intimate, or historically protect…
Shapiro v. DOJ
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Nov. 25, 2025 decision in Shapiro v. DOJ (No. 16-1263) resolving cross-motions for summary judgment in a FOIA/FOIPA case. The court granted in part and denied in part both sides’…
Muraski v. Penn Highlands Healthcare, Inc.
On February 9, 2026 the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued an opinion in Muraski v. Penn Highlands Healthcare granting the defendant's motion to dismiss without prejudice and stating an appropriate order wil…
W.W. v. Orlando Health, Inc., No. 6-24-cv-1068-JSS-RMU
A Robinson+Cole blog post reports a 2025 Middle District of Florida decision (W.W. v. Orlando Health) that found allegations that website tracking tools captured substantive healthcare communications sufficiently alleged interception under …
Delsignore v. Zazzle, Inc.
A proposed class action filed Oct. 13, 2022 (Delsignore v. Zazzle, Inc.) alleges Zazzle used session-replay software on www.zazzle.com to record visitors' mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, search terms and other inputs without disclosure…
Birdsall v. PNC Bank NA; Erakat v. PNC Bank, National Association
LegalClarity reports that PNC faces two proposed class actions alleging pixel trackers and session-replay/form-capture technologies on its website transmitted browsing data to third-party advertising platforms. One suit was filed in Pennsyl…
Zeolla et al. v. Southern New Hampshire University
The article reports a December 17, 2025 federal class action against Southern New Hampshire University alleging undisclosed tracking pixels and related technologies transmitted student data to Google and TikTok, raising ECPA and New Hampshi…
Petris v. Sportsman’s Warehouse, Inc., et al.
This is a court-authorized class notice for a proposed settlement in Petris v. Sportsman’s Warehouse, alleging Defendants disclosed firearm-purchase information on their website to third parties in violation of Pennsylvania statutes (WESCA …
Lim v. OpenAI Global LLC
A newsletter article summarizes a federal complaint captioned Lim v. OpenAI Global LLC filed in the Northern District of California alleging that ChatGPT web pages transmitted query-related data to Meta and Google via tracking technologies,…
Jose Torres v. SeatGeek, Inc.
This May 21, 2026 federal district-court order dismissed Jose Torres's putative class action against SeatGeek for lack of Article III standing based on alleged transmission of IP addresses and other device metadata to third-party trackers (…
L.C. v. Fertility Centers of Illinois, PLLC
The Northern District of Illinois denied a fertility clinic defendant's motion to dismiss a proposed class action alleging the clinic's website used third-party tracking technologies (Meta/Google) that disclosed patients' PII/PHI, holding t…
Lisota v. Heartland Dental, LLC et al
The Northern District of Illinois held on January 13, 2026 that the plaintiff had standing via an analogy to intrusion upon seclusion but that her Federal Wiretap Act claim failed because the ordinary-course-of-business exception applied to…
KRISTIN COBBS; LYNNE KAWAMINAMI; LORETTA SCHWEINSBURG v. PETMED EXPRESS, INC.
The Southern District of Florida denied in part and granted in part PetMed Express’s motion to dismiss. The court found plaintiffs had Article III standing and allowed claims under the federal ECPA and California Penal Code §§ 631 and 632 t…
Ortiz v. Foris Dax, Inc. (Crypto.com)
A federal district court in N.D. California issued a split ruling in Ortiz v. Foris Dax: it dismissed the CIPA §631 (wiretapping) claim for lack of pleaded facts about intercepted content but allowed the CIPA §638.51 (pen-register) claim to…
Falls v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Mutual Insurance Company
Miller Canfield reports that a putative class action, Falls v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, was filed in the Eastern District of Michigan alleging that the defendant used third‑party tracking pixels and session‑replay tools that capt…
Travis Rounds v. Development Dimensions International
A federal district court in the Central District of California dismissed without leave to amend a complaint alleging that cookies and a 6Sense SDK functioned as a CIPA trap-and-trace device, finding the allegations insufficient to establish…
Shah v. Crain Communications, Inc.
Recording Law reports that on July 20, 2026 a federal judge in the Central District of California declared Vivek Shah a vexatious litigant in Shah v. Crain Communications, Inc. The court imposed a pre-filing order requiring Shah to obtain p…
Doe et al v. Veradigm, Inc.
This July 6, 2026 memorandum opinion from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied Veradigm's motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that Veradigm disclosed patients' protected health information to G…
DellaSalla et al v. Samba TV, Inc.
The Northern District of California granted in part and denied in part Samba TV’s motions to dismiss and to strike in a putative privacy class action. Several statutory claims (CIPA §§ 632, 638.5/638.51 and the Federal Wiretap Act) survived…
Mikulsky v. Bloomingdale’s LLC
This tracker post summarizes that the Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a California Penal Code § 631(a) claim challenging session-replay code on bloomingdales.com, finding the complaint alleged capture of communication contents rathe…
Dawson v. The University of Phoenix, Inc.
The district court granted in part and denied in part the University of Phoenix’s motion to dismiss in a putative class action alleging disclosure of students’ video-watching behavior via third-party tracking technologies. The decision allo…
Michael Salazar, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Paramount Global, dba 247Sports
This is an amicus brief filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and technical experts/legal scholars in Supreme Court docket No. 25-459 (filed April 24, 2026). The brief argues that the Video Privacy Protection Act (18 U.S…
Patrick J. Mika v. Rollins College
This is a March 11, 2026 district-court order in which the Middle District of Florida granted Rollins College's motion to dismiss the plaintiff's amended complaint as a shotgun pleading and for failure to state plausible claims. The dismiss…
So v. Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Plaintiff Juhyun So sued Hyatt in federal court alleging that Hyatt enabled Adobe and Meta to intercept website inputs in violation of the Federal Wiretap Act. The Northern District of Illinois granted Hyatt's motion to dismiss the second a…
Malinda A. Smidga v. Spirit Airlines, Inc.
The Third Circuit affirmed dismissal of a putative class action against Spirit Airlines for lack of Article III standing, concluding the plaintiffs’ allegations about Session Replay Code did not establish a concrete privacy injury. The cour…
Dawn Fregosa v. Mashable, Inc.
This document is a joint stipulation filed in the Northern District of California (filed February 19, 2026) in which the parties request a stay of Dawn Fregosa's suit against Mashable pending a California Court of Appeal ruling in Variety M…
Adair v. Cigna Corporate Services, LLC
A federal district court in Adair v. Cigna granted in part a motion to dismiss, concluding that plaintiffs' ECPA, WESCA, and invasion-of-privacy claims were defeated by consent in Cigna's Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, while finding plain…
In re BPS Direct, LLC; Cabela's, LLC Wiretapping Litig.
A Covington & Burling blog post summarizes the Third Circuit's May 11, 2026 decision in In re BPS Direct and Cabela's litigation on website wiretapping standing. The court held that ordinary browsing data (clicks, scrolls, searches) and the…
Popa v. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc.
A Lynch Law Group article summarizes Popa v. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc., in which a federal district court granted summary judgment for the retailer and its vendor after concluding the website's privacy disclosures and ordinary internet-use…
Shawn Delong v. PHE, Inc.
The Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed Delong v. PHE, Inc. (Aug. 25, 2025) without prejudice because the plaintiff failed to allege a concrete Article III injury from the defendant's use of Google Analytics on its Adam & Eve website…
In Re: USA Today Co., Inc. Internet Tracking Litigation
The Northern District of California granted USA Today's motion to dismiss, holding plaintiffs failed to allege Article III standing based on the pleaded collection of IP addresses, device type, and browser type and on unspecified 'unique an…
Austin Roth, Brandon Rose, and Alexander Fonseca v. Woot.com LLC (as a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com Services LLC)
This is a class action complaint filed April 29, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Plaintiffs allege Woot.com deployed third‑party tracking tools (notably Meta Pixel and cookies) that captured and trans…
OLIVER v. NOOM, INC.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted Noom's renewed motion to dismiss because the plaintiff failed to plausibly allege a concrete Article III injury from the asserted interception by session-replay code. …
Winig v. Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed that high public official immunity shields district attorneys and assistant district attorneys from monetary-damages suits under the Wiretap Act for acts within their official duties, concluding that …
Benjamin Paul de Ayora, et al. v. Inspire Brands, Inc., et al.
This June 8, 2026 district-court order on defendants' motion to dismiss (N.D. Cal.) grants in part and denies in part the motion: the court allowed many claims to proceed at the pleading stage (including fraud, unjust enrichment, common-law…
Magliocca v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.
A Baird Holm LLP post reports that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a putative class action against UnitedHealthcare on March 31, 2026, finding the plaintiff failed to allege a concrete injury and thu…
Daniel Vesely v. Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
A class action complaint filed Sept. 9, 2025, in the US District Court for the Central District of California alleges Encyclopaedia Britannica installed third‑party trackers (including from Facebook) on its website that capture IP addresses…
Rack Room Shoes Inc. (online privacy suit)
Bloomberg Law reports that companies are adopting server-side tracking to reduce exposure to wiretap-style privacy litigation by avoiding direct third-party collection via tracking pixels. The article notes a Northern District of California…
Juhyun So v. Hyatt Hotels Corporation
A May 5, 2026 district-court memorandum opinion in the N.D. Ill. granted Hyatt's motion to dismiss a Wiretap Act-based putative class action alleging that Hyatt enabled Adobe and Meta to collect data from hyatt.com. The court found the comp…
Variety Media, LLC v. Superior Court of the State of California
This document is an application and proposed amicus brief filed April 8, 2026 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the California Court of Appeal in support of Variety Media. The Chamber argues, based on CIPA's text, structure, and context (a…
Sophin v. WISP, Inc.
This is the court-authorized settlement website for Sophin v. WISP, Inc., a class action pending in Broward County, Florida. The settlement resolves claims alleging that WISP disclosed customers' PII via the Meta Pixel and other tracking te…
Magenheim et al. v. Nike, Inc.
A March/April 2026 industry article reports that Salpeter Gitkin filed a proposed class action on December 16, 2025 in the Southern District of Florida (Magenheim et al. v. Nike) alleging that third-party scripts on nike.com installed code …
Desiree Perez, et al. v. Javon Hadley
A magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued a Report and Recommendations (Feb. 6, 2026) on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion: recommending denial of the motion as to federal and related privacy statutory c…
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