On March 30, 2021, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in
Transunion LLC v. Ramirez, No. 20-297, a case that could have far-reaching implications on absent class member standing, particularly where the injuries of these absent class members would be impossible or difficult to establish. The Court agreed to address whether Article III or Rule 23 permits a damages class action where the vast majority of the class suffered no actual injury, let alone an injury like what the class representative suffered.
The Court’s analysis will no doubt build on the precedent established in
Spokeo v. Robins, which held that allegations of mere procedural violations were insufficient on their own to satisfy the Article III standing requirement and, instead, plaintiffs had to allege concrete injuries they suffered from those procedural violations. As the Court noted in
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Virginia Enacts Consumer Data Privacy Legislation. Virginia has become the second state with its own comprehensive data privacy legislation. Following passage by both houses of Virginia’s state legislature with large bipartisan majorities, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) into law on March 2, 2021. It should come as no surprise that Virginia’s CDPA is similar, but not identical to, California’s CCPA. Indeed, as we discussed in our 201
TikTok parent company ByteDance agrees to pay $92 million in privacy case settlement
The class-action lawsuit states that the video-sharing app gathered and disclosed personal data in violation of the US federal Video Privacy Protection Act.
February 26, 2021 02:17 GMT
Popular video-sharing platform TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance agreed to an out-of-court settlement to resolve an ongoing federal class-action lawsuit filed by US users. The complainants alleged that the short-form video app illegally collected the biometric data of its users and shared the information with third parties.
According to a CNET report, TikTok, under the terms of the settlement, will pay $92 million to a fund for US users who claim that the app improperly used their personally identifiable information. The settlement agreement also requires the popular video-sharing platform to set up a new privacy-compliance training plan and enact other measures for the protection of the privacy of its us
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Today, the law firms of Carlson Lynch LLP, FeganScott LLC, and Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C. moved for preliminary approval of a $92 million proposed class action settlement on behalf of users of the TikTok app.
The settlement, if approved by the court, would resolve claims that the social media company wrongfully collected its users’ biometric information and private data, and disclosed that information to third parties. In addition to creating a monetary fund for TikTok users, the settlement requires that TikTok initiate a new privacy compliance training program and take other steps to protect its users’ privacy going forward.