Technology

July 22, 2020 A New Jersey Uber driver has sued the company over what he claims to be the unfair restriction of vehicles eligible to drive in the better-paying Uber BlackSUV service level.

July 15, 2020 A class action claims four facial recognition heavyweights obtained Illinois residents' facial scans in violation of the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act.

July 15, 2020 No matter what safeguards are put in place, mobile app users cannot prevent Google intercepting, collecting, tracking and selling for profit their browsing histories and internet activity.

July 14, 2020 LinkedIn faces a class action after a report surfaced that the social media company's app reads the contents of iPhone and iPad users' universal clipboards without consent.

July 10, 2020 A class action claims 10 property management companies "routinely and deliberately" prevented those 50 and older from viewing Facebook ads for rental properties in the Washington D.C. metro area.

July 8, 2020 A class action claims Credit Sesame has falsely advertised via email that consumers are pre-approved for credit cards and could apply without harming their credit.

June 30, 2020 A class action alleges the company behind the Weather Channel app has secretly collected, stored and profited from users' precise geolocation data for years.

June 25, 2020 A class action claims Matterport, Inc. has fraudulently misrepresented the supposedly “lucrative” nature of the 3D camera industry to those who bought into the company as sellers.

June 17, 2020 Google and Alphabet face a class action claiming the companies misleadingly advertised and sold a Pine-Sol product capable of "killing 99.9% of germs."

June 5, 2020 Google and Alphabet face a class action that alleges internet users are effectively powerless against the companies' data collection and tracking practices.

June 4, 2020 A UC Santa Barbara educator alleges Zoom's privacy failings allowed an intruder to hijack a webinar with roughly 400 participants and display pornographic footage.

June 4, 2020 Wishbone app maker Mammoth Media faces a class action over a data breach affecting roughly 40 million users.

June 3, 2020 A class action claims Western Digital's WD Red NAS hard drives are unsuitable for their intended use and put user data at great risk.

May 29, 2020 A proposed class action claims the Pocket Juice portable power banks sold by Tzumi Electronics LLC fail to deliver the advertised amount of power.

May 19, 2020 A class action claims HP has concealed from consumers that its OfficeJet printers are designed to use color ink even while printing in black and white.

May 14, 2020 A San Francisco church alleges Zoom's privacy shortcomings allowed an intruder to display pornographic footage during an online bible-study class.

May 12, 2020 Grubhub has falsely advertised on its delivery platform that non-partner restaurants are closed or not accepting orders during the COVID-19 crisis, a lawsuit claims.

May 8, 2020 Consumers claim Apple's collection of facial geometries through its Photos app violates Illinois biometric privacy law.

May 6, 2020 A class action says Plaid has obtained and exploited the bank account login credentials and transaction histories of hundreds of millions of fintech app users.

May 5, 2020 A class action alleges TikTok's practice of scanning users' faces without consent violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.

April 30, 2020 Zoom is the subject of yet another proposed class action centered on a number of privacy vulnerabilities with the video conferencing platform.

April 22, 2020 GrubHub, Uber Eats, Postmates and DoorDash face a class action lawsuit alleging the online meal delivery companies have a monopoly that harms consumers and restaurants.

April 16, 2020 A New York City Lyft driver claims the company has gone against its own contracts by restricting app access for those who log fewer than 180 rides in a 30-day span.

April 10, 2020 Zoom Video Communications faces a securities class action that alleges investors and stock prices have taken a hit due to a barrage of privacy and security issues with the video conferencing platform.

March 18, 2020 A Massachusetts parent has filed a class action against Google and YouTube over the companies' alleged collection of personalized data of children under 13 years old for advertising purposes.

March 18, 2020 A class action alleges California Uber drivers are misclassified as independent contractors and thusly deprived of paid sick leave.

March 16, 2020 A class action alleges Facebook falls far short in providing help for content moderators experiencing psychological trauma related to viewing graphic images and videos.

March 12, 2020 Robinhood faces another class action over the March 2-3 outage that prevented users from accessing the company's securities brokerage platform.

January 30, 2020 IBM faces a class action that alleges the company collected, stored and shared with third parties facial scans of more than one million people featured in Flickr photos.

December 17, 2019 A group of major tech companies faces a class action lawsuit that alleges they've knowingly benefitted from cobalt mined in part by children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

October 30, 2019 A consumer has filed a class action against Uber over the company's alleged practice of charging a fee in the event a driver cancels a ride.

September 23, 2019 A class action alleges Vimeo has scanned and stored facial templates of Illinois consumers who appear in photos and videos uploaded to its Magisto app without following BIPA regulations.

September 13, 2019 Uber faces a driver misclassification class action in the wake of the California legislature's passage of a new labor bill.

September 9, 2019 Fourteen plaintiffs allege Lyft has fallen far short in responding to a "sexual predator crisis."

August 29, 2019 Apple, Inc. is facing another lawsuit, this time in Florida, in which a consumer alleges the tech giant “broke” FaceTime in order to force iPhone 4 and 4S users to upgrade to iOS 7.

August 27, 2019 A class action lawsuit claims certain Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy smartphones emit far higher levels of radiofrequency (RF) radiation than is disclosed to consumers.

August 21, 2019 A small Chicago-based business alleges Apple subsidiary Claris International charges illegal sales tax for licenses for FileMaker Pro..

August 21, 2019 According to a class action suit, Apple has not been truthful to iCloud subscribers about in which company's "cloud" their data is actually stored.

August 8, 2019 In the wake of a reveal report from the Guardian, Apple faces a proposed class action that alleges its contractors listen to conversations recorded through Siri without consent.

August 7, 2019 Capital One and Amazon Web Services are facing another suit connected to the massive data breach that saw 100 million customers' personal information exposed.

July 30, 2019 A DoorDash customer has filed a proposed class action against the company in which he claims the public was misled into believing delivery workers retained 100% of tips paid through the app.

July 26, 2019 Nintendo of America faces another proposed class action case filed over the apparent "drifting" defect with the Joy-Con controllers that come with the Switch console.

July 23, 2019 A consumer alleges Sonos purposefully "bricked" via firmware update its CR100 speaker controller, which effectively forced consumers to adapt to using mobile apps to control their smartspeakers.

July 18, 2019 A class action out of Illinois claims Google's retention of voice recordings by users and anyone near a Google Assistant-enabled device violates the state's biometric privacy law.

July 3, 2019 A consumer alleges in a class action that she received at least one unauthorized call from Lyft that displayed the common signs of being an automated robocall.

July 1, 2019 Apple Inc. has been named in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the tech giant holds an unlawful monopoly over the platform on which app developers can make their apps available to iOS users.

June 14, 2019 Two class action lawsuits allege Amazon's Alexa technology records the voiceprints of children without their parents' consent to do so.

June 13, 2019 Four plaintiffs have filed a proposed class action against Uber over its apparent failure to offer wheelchair-accessible rides to those with mobility disabilities in and around Pittsburgh.

June 7, 2019 Three Arkansas businesses allege Facebook plays favorites with companies who spend more on advertising in comparison to smaller shops.

June 4, 2019 Two iOS app developers have hit Apple with a proposed class action alleging the tech giant violated federal antitrust law by squelching any competition for its App Store.