It is a reoccurring issue in data privacy litigation—a plaintiff commences litigation challenging applications of new technology and raising various claims concerning decades-old data privacy laws that predated the technology at issue. Such is the case of recent data scraping litigation, addressed in greater detail below.
What is data scraping? Good question. To generalize, it
Just a few weeks ago, Plaintiff Logan Mitchell filed a class action against Plaid on behalf of himself and other similarly situated class members. Read more HERE. Logan Mitchell was not the only Plaintiff who was going after Plaid’s alleged “egregious violation of [privacy and] social norms,” however. Soon after Mitchell filed his complaint,
Supplemental jurisdiction, in simple terms, is a statutory tool that enables federal district courts to entertain claims not otherwise within their adjudicatory authority. The claims however should be “so related to claims . . .[in the federal-court case] that they form part of the same case or controversy.” (28 U.S. Code § 1367 et seq.)
Yahoo!’s data breach class action is finally being put to rest. Last month, the Northern District of California approved the proposed $117.5M settlement to resolve the claims of approximately 194 million class members in In re Yahoo! Inc. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., No. 16-MD-02752-LHK, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129939 (N.D. Cal. July 22,
The Credit Reporting Resource Guide (“CRRG”) is a resource guide prepared by the Consumer Data Industry Association that provides codes that facilitate compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). (Learn more here.) Courts in the Sixth Circuit have previously established that the CRRG is not dispositive on FCRA compliance. Thus, when Plaintiff tried
Just a few weeks ago, the Honorable Laurie J. Michelson of the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division commented on the high number of identical lawsuits against Michigan First, covered here. Unfortunately, it did not take very long for Michigan First to be dragged into court again (See Euring v. Equifax Info. Servs.,
Can you remember the last time you were able to get your prescription medication from the drug store without giving your name, home address and/or date of birth? What about having the drug store expense the cost of the medication to your insurance provider without asking for your personally identifiable information (“PII”)? Are all drug
Earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) established a Taskforce to assist with the improvement and oversight of existing federal consumer financial laws. According to the CFPB, the Taskforce “is charged with developing recommendations on harmonizing, modernizing, and updating the Federal consumer financial laws, as well as identifying gaps in knowledge that
On Friday, after reviewing Plaintiff’s credit reports which were ordered by the Court last month, the Honorable Laurie J. Michelson, dismissed Plaintiff’s claims against Michigan First, concluding there was no inaccurate or misleading reporting. (See Rider v. Equifax Info. Servs. LLC, No. 2:19-cv-13660, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99265, at *2 (E.D. Mich. June