TikTok Wiretapping Case Reassigned to Consumer Privacy Litigation MDL
A wiretapping case against TikTok in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago was reassigned to Consumer Privacy Litigation (docket MDL 2948) under U.S. District Judge for Northern Illinois Rebecca Pallmeyer, said a Tuesday clerk filing. Parties in the…
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case submitted a motion (docket 1:23-cv-01430) in March to stay all proceedings and deadlines in the action, pending resolution of proceedings before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that could affect the venue in which their case would proceed (see 2303210056). Plaintiff Melanie Tado alleged TikTok violated the Federal Wire Tap Act, intercepting her communications when she used its in-app browser to communicate with third-party websites by using JavaScript code it inserted to record mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, URLs visited and other electronic communications.