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Calif. Judge Consolidates Case With Apple Data Privacy Litigation

U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila granted (docket 5:22-cv-07069) Apple's proposed order to consolidate Puleo v. Apple with Apple Data Privacy Litigation, said a Wednesday filing in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose. Puleo arises out of…

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similar facts and circumstances as those alleged in the related cases, said the filing. Plaintiff Bruce Puleo’s privacy lawsuit alleges Apple tracks users’ mobile app activity in order to harvest their personal data, despite their explicit direction not to. Apple Data Privacy Litigation alleges Apple illegally records and collects data on consumers’ mobile app activity even when the tracking feature is disabled via a device’s privacy setting. Davila consolidated 15 related cases in March and another last month.