Two streaming video apps violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by integrating Meta tracking code into their platforms to disclose subscribers’ video viewing history to Meta for advertising and marketing purposes, said separate class actions against MLB.tv and FitOn.
A data breach at Multi-Fineline Electronix (MFlex) in Irvine, California, was a direct result of the printed circuit manufacturer’s failure to implement adequate cybersecurity procedures to protect employees’ and beneficiaries’ personally identifiable information (PII) from a “foreseeable and preventable” cyberattack, alleged a class action Tuesday (docket 8:24-cv-00400) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Santa Ana.
OpenAI’s AI products use “stolen" personally identifiable information (PII) from “hundreds of millions of internet users,” including children, without their "informed consent or knowledge," alleged a class action Tuesday (docket 3:24-cv-01190) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.
The proposed class in a fraud class action challenging a Ponzi scheme involving bogus overseas licensing rights for HBO and Netflix films is owed $300 million for amounts loaned in 2018 and 2019, alleged AVR Group, Trident Asset Management and Illinois resident Michael Dziurgot in a fraud complaint Tuesday (docket 1:24-cv-20755) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Miami.
Riveted Games, developer of the online video game CryptoBlades, defrauded investor Tenzor Capital after entering two "simple agreement for future tokens" (SAFT) pacts in August 2021, said Tenzor's complaint Monday (docket 2:24-cv-00955) in U.S. District Court for South Carolina in Charleston.
Palo Alto Networks made misleading statements and failed to disclose material facts in violation of securities laws from Aug. 18 through Feb. 20, alleged a class action Monday (docket 5:24-cv-01156) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose against the company and three executives. Palo Alto shares fell 28% Feb. 21 to $261.97 on the company's disclosure of worsening Q2 results.
A law firm settling a federal class action in state court “to increase attorneys’ fees at the expense of the class’s recovery improperly ‘subordinates the interests of the class to its own interests,'" said intervenors’ memorandum in support of intervention Friday (docket 3:21-cv-08592) in a 2021 fraud class action over hidden Verizon fees.
Comcast customer Vince Estevez and his wife experienced identity theft and were victims of financial fraud resulting from cloud computing company Citrix Systems’ Oct. 10 data breach, alleged their class action Friday (docket 2:24-cv-00800) against Citrix and its customer Comcast in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
The plaintiffs in a privacy class action, In Re Apple Data Privacy Litigation, don’t say “what data was collected from them, or what that data would have revealed,” said Apple’s reply Friday (docket 5:22-cv-07069) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose in support of its motion to dismiss.
Walmart “sympathizes” with Risa Potters and other fraud victims, but her claims that the retailer should have done more to protect her from a third-party fraudster “are meritless and should be dismissed,” said its memorandum of points and authorities Friday (docket 1:22-cv-0337) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles in support of its motion to dismiss Potters' December fraud class action (see 2312110039).