Archive for the ‘privacy class action’ Category
Class Action Settlements: Ninth Circuit nixes settlement in AOL privacy suit
The United States Court of Appeals overturned a class action settlement in Nachshin v. AOL, LLC, a class action lawsuit alleging that AOL’s email ads violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and other laws. The class action settlement did not provide any recovery to class members First, the appellate court noted that the settlement would [...]
Facebook privacy class action settlement challenged
The massive privacy class action litigation against Facebook for its beacon product (similar to the Google Buzz privacy lawsuit) was supposed to be settled for $9.5 million, with about 30% of that amount going to the class action attorneys who took the case on a contingency basis. But now that settlement is under attack because [...]
Privacy class action filed against Google for Google Buzz
Eva Hibnick, a 24-year old Harvard Law School student has reportedly filled a class action lawsuit against Google alleging that it breached her privacy with its new Google Buzz product, launched last week. Hibnick filed the class action suit after learning that she was automatically “opted in” to the Buzz social networke. One of her [...]