Class-Action Lawsuit Against Ancestry com Regarding Yearbook Photos Dismissed lawstreetmedia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lawstreetmedia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Following the Northern District of California granting Ancestry’s motion to dismiss a putative class action yearbook photo lawsuit in March, the plaintiffs quickly filed an amended complaint that Ancestry moved to dismiss on April 4. On Monday, Ancestry.com filed a reply in support of its motion to dismiss the first amended complaint.
Previously, the court found that the plaintiffs did not plausibly allege standing because they did not establish injury and the court concluded that Ancestry is immune from liability under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
In its reply, Ancestry proffered that the plaintiffs’ opposition to its motion to dismiss “largely rehashes arguments this court has already considered and rejected,” adding that the “few ‘new’ arguments plaintiffs raise do not alter this Court’s determinations that plaintiffs have not alleged an ‘injury in fact’ for purposes of Article III standing, nor that their
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On Monday, Judge Laurel Beeler of the Northern District of California issued an order granting Ancestry.com’s (Ancestry) motion to dismiss the putative class action filed against it regarding their use of yearbook photographs and related information in its Yearbook Database.
The plaintiffs originally sued Ancestry in December 2020 for the alleged misappropriation of their yearbook photos and personal information without their consent, which Ancestry purportedly used for advertising and other promotional purposes. The plaintiffs averred that Ancestry violated California’s right to publicity, California Unfair Competition Law, California’s common law right protecting Intrusion upon Seclusion, and California Unjust Enrichment law. In January, Ancestry moved to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming the suit was “misguided” and the plaintiffs lack standing, and it was immune from liability under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, as well