California Invasion of Privacy Act

February 20, 2023 A class action alleges apparel company UNTUCKit has unlawfully recorded calls to its customer service number without notice or consent.

February 17, 2023 Home Depot faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the company “intentionally intercepted” users’ electronic communications by embedding “session replay” software into its website.

February 16, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims The Cheesecake Factory has unlawfully tracked and recorded the online communications of website visitors without consent.

February 13, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center secretly shares private patient data with Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

February 9, 2023 A class action alleges Spirit Airlines has embedded “session replay" software on its website to secretly capture and record visitors’ online interactions.

February 7, 2023 A class action claims Cedars-Sinai Health System and subsidiary Cedars-Sinai Medical Center secretly transmit without consent and to numerous third parties the personal data of Cedars-Sinai.org visitors.

February 3, 2023 A class action alleges GoodRx has secretly shared consumer medical information with Google, Meta, Criteo and other major social media and advertising companies.

January 31, 2023 Carhartt faces a class action that claims the apparel company tracked, recorded, and stored without consent the online communications of website visitors.

January 12, 2023 A class action claims that Sharp Healthcare, the foremost healthcare provider in San Diego and operator of Sharp.com, secretly transmits website visitors’ personal data to Facebook without consent.

January 9, 2023 A class action claims that MemorialCare Medical Group, operator of MemorialCare.org, secretly transmits website visitors’ personal data to Facebook without consent.

December 14, 2022 A proposed class action claims Capital Home Mortgage has recorded telephone conversations with potential buyers without notice or consent.

December 13, 2022 A class action claims Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. uses “session replay” software to record website visitors’ interactions without their knowledge or consent.

December 8, 2022 Apple faces a proposed class action that alleges the company’s AirTags have “revolutionized the scope, breadth, and ease of location-based stalking.”

December 8, 2022 A class action claims Meta Platforms has collected the financial information of consumers who use major online tax-filing services, including H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer.

December 2, 2022 A class action claims Prudential Financial Inc. uses software to secretly record website visitors’ electronic communications as they submit personal and health information.

November 29, 2022 A class action alleges Adidas and Crocs secretly “wiretap” private conversations held in the chat feature on their respective websites.

November 18, 2022 A class action alleges Apple records consumers’ app activity even after they have disabled tracking tools in their iPhone or iPad privacy settings.

November 1, 2022 A class action claims that Vanguard Marketing Corporation has failed to obtain consent before using voice recognition software to capture and examine callers’ voice prints.

October 31, 2022 A class action claims T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services has failed to obtain callers’ consent before using voice recognition software to capture their biometric voice prints.

October 28, 2022 A class action claims that Trans Union has violated a California privacy law by recording and examining callers' voice prints without proper authorization.

October 25, 2022 Two lawsuits claim Lovisa and Sephora have unlawfully recorded and shared the communications of consumers who use the chat feature on their websites.

October 17, 2022 Two lawsuits claim Saucony and Journeys have unlawfully recorded and disclosed consumers’ communications with the chat feature on their websites.

October 10, 2022 A proposed class action claims Alaska Airlines has illegally utilized "session replay" spyware to record users' interactions with its website.

October 6, 2022 A proposed class action claims that Uniqlo secretly wiretaps private conversations held in the chat feature on its website.

October 4, 2022 A class action alleges the Charles Schwab Corporation has unlawfully recorded and examined consumers' voiceprints without express written consent.

October 4, 2022 A class action alleges Papa John’s has unlawfully “wiretapped” consumers’ electronic communications via “session replay” software installed on PapaJohns.com.

September 30, 2022 A class action says details of the video content viewed by ESPN.com and ESPN+ subscribers have been shared by the worldwide leader in sports with Meta Platforms without consent.

September 30, 2022 A class action alleges Chase Bank has used a Microsoft subsidiary’s technology to record and examine California customers’ voiceprints without their express consent or knowledge.

September 22, 2022 A class action alleges Cognism has unlawfully used California residents’ personal information to advertise subscriptions to Cognism.com and Kaspr.io.

September 15, 2022 Five financial institutions have been hit with proposed class action lawsuits over their alleged use of biometric voice recognition software at call centers.

September 14, 2022 A Calif. consumer has filed class actions against BJ’s, Kroger, AIG and Aflac over allegations that the companies have illegally tracked consumers who visit their websites.

September 13, 2022 Three lawsuits claim Columbia, Warby Parker and Tiffany & Co. have unlawfully tracked consumers’ activities on their respective websites.

September 12, 2022 GameStop faces a lawsuit that claims the video game retailer secretly “wiretaps” website visitors’ online communications through a chat feature on gamestop.com.

August 31, 2022 A lawsuit claims Nationwide has deployed tracking software on its website to record visitors’ electronic communications without their knowledge or consent.

August 25, 2022 Oracle America faces a class action that aims to take the worldwide data broker to task for allegedly surveilling and selling the personal information of hundreds of millions of people.

August 18, 2022 Massage Envy faces a lawsuit that claims the company has “secretly deployed” tracking software on its website to record visitors’ electronic communications.

August 17, 2022 A class action lawsuit claims Old Navy has secretly recorded and tracked consumers’ online communications through “wiretapping software” on its website.

August 16, 2022 A class action alleges Pindrop has violated a California privacy law by recording and analyzing the voices of consumers in the state without obtaining consent.

August 10, 2022 UCSF Medical Center and Dignity Health Medical Foundation face a class action over their alleged use of a Meta (Facebook) tracking pixel on their respective patient portal websites.

August 3, 2022 M.A.C. Cosmetics Inc. has surreptitiously monitored and recorded website visitors’ electronic communications, a proposed class action lawsuit claims.

August 3, 2022 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has illegally “wiretapped” its website so as to monitor and record user interactions.

July 12, 2022 Quantum 3 Media faces a class action that claims it secretly tracks and records website visitors’ keystrokes, mouse clicks and other electronic communications.

May 17, 2022 The State Bar of Calif. faces a class action over what four plaintiffs allege was the unauthorized disclosure of hundreds of thousands of confidential disciplinary records.

May 16, 2022 A class action alleges data broker Otonomo secretly collects and sells real-time GPS location details for millions of cars worldwide.

January 6, 2022 A lawsuit claims AMResorts and Apple Leisure Group failed to obtain consent before placing telemarketing calls to consumers’ phones and recorded the communications.

November 29, 2021 A lawsuit claims Google unlawfully collected Android users’ personal data through an program known as “Android Lockbox” without first obtaining consent.

October 4, 2021 Nike has been hit with a class action that alleges the sportswear giant has effectively “wiretapped” the communications of visitors to Nike.com in California.

August 12, 2021 A class action alleges Charter Communications violated a California law by recording inbound and outbound sales calls without consumers’ knowledge or consent.

December 15, 2020 A class action alleges Wakefield & Associates has unlawfully recorded debt collection calls in California that pertained to HIPAA-protected medical information.

December 7, 2020 A class action Amazon.com has unlawfully "wiretapped" Flex drivers' private Facebook groups to gain information on union efforts, labor issues and working conditions, among other details.