Another Suit Is Consolidated With Apple Data Privacy Litigation in Calif. Court
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ordered Friday Alvarez v. Apple Inc. to be consolidated with the Apple Data Privacy Litigation class action (docket 5:22-cv-07069) and transferred to U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose. Plaintiff Katie Alvarez sued…
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(docket 1:23-cv-01752 ) Apple in February in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan, claiming Apple’s alleged privacy violations, including its gathering of biometric information, are a breach of implied contract, violation of federal and state criminal computer trespass statutes and a potential violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Davila ordered consolidation of 15 data privacy actions against Apple in March (see 2303270040), saying when a pleading isn’t intended to apply to all actions it will be docketed on the master docket with a notation in the text as to the case numbers to which it pertains. All the class actions allege Apple illegally records and collects data on consumers’ mobile app activity even when the tracking feature is disabled through a device’s privacy settings.