Zeolla et al. v. Southern New Hampshire University

Published by Crandall Consulting · Informational litigation intelligence · Last substantive update: August 23, 2026

Docket / citation: 1:25-cv-00541-TSM

Summary

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 Hampshire wiretap claims plus common-law claims. Plaintiffs seek class certification; SNHU has acknowledged the suit and is reviewing the allegations.

Litigation Status

Status, direction, and weight describe how tracked public sources characterize this matter as of our last review — they are informational classifications, not legal assessments.

Procedural Posture

Complaint filed Dec. 17, 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire by two students seeking to represent a class of mySNHU users; plaintiffs seek class certification and have interim co-lead class counsel appointed; SNHU has acknowledged the lawsuit and stated it is reviewing the allegations.

What the Court Did Not Decide

The article indicates the court has not resolved whether SNHU's public-facing privacy policy governs the mySNHU student portal specifically or whether a general reference to Google Analytics constitutes adequate disclosure of detailed academic records transmission.

Significance

Neutral / mixed significance. Characterizations of significance describe how the matter has generally been discussed in tracked public sources; individual holdings are often narrow, procedural, or fact-specific, and this page does not state or imply broader holdings than the sources support.

What This Page Does and Does Not Say

This page reports what our tracked public sources say about this matter — including, where identified, the procedural posture (for example, a ruling on a motion to dismiss is not a final merits decision). It does not report legal conclusions beyond those sources, does not predict outcomes, and does not constitute legal advice.

Technologies at Issue

• tracking pixels
• third-party cookies
• browser fingerprinting
• web beacons
• pixel tags

Third parties named or identified in tracked sources: Google (Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Google Tag Manager), TikTok (TikTok Pixel), Facebook, Pinterest.

Statutes Invoked

• 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (ECPA); RSA 570-A (New Hampshire Wiretap Act); Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) cited as context

Claims Asserted

Claims identified in tracked public sources; pleadings may include additional or amended claims.

• Electronic Communications Privacy Act (18 U.S.C. § 2511)
• New Hampshire Wiretap Act (RSA 570-A)
• Common-law invasion of privacy
• Negligence
• Breach of implied contract
• Unjust enrichment
• FERPA cited (noted as lacking a private right of action per Gonzaga v. Doe)

What This Matter May Mean for Website Operators

For operators using similar technologies, the recurring factual questions in matters like this one are whether advertising pixels transmit page URLs or hashed form data before a consent choice; what page URLs and query strings analytics tools share with third parties. Our scanner tests these behaviors empirically.

Because this matter is pending, anything reported here is procedural — allegations and interim rulings, not final determinations.

Detection of a similar technology on a website is an informational risk indicator, not a legal conclusion, and nothing in this section is legal advice.

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Sources

• SNHU Data Sharing Lawsuit: What Students Allege — LegalClarity · Tier E (General web) · 2026-06-28

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