in Newswire Published on November 22, 2016

Class Action Accuses Blu Products, Others of Illegal Wiretapping

Last Updated on May 8, 2018

Bonds v. Blu Products, Inc. et al

Filed: November 22, 2016 ◆§ 1:16-cv-24892-MGC

A class action lawsuit claims Blu Products installed firmware on roughly 120,000 Blu smartphones that illegally recorded individuals' confidential data.

Defendant(s)

Blu Products

Law(s)

State(s)

Florida

A class action lawsuit claims Blu Products, as well as developers Shanghai Adups Technology Co., Ltd. And Adups USA LLC, installed firmware on roughly 120,000 Blu smartphones that illegally recorded individuals’ texts, call logs, physical locations, personal contacts and other confidential data and transmitted the information to a server in China. The lawsuit alleges the defendants “intentionally intercepted, recorded and transmitted” the data without the knowledge or consent of phone owners, a sweeping violation of privacy rights. Further, the lawsuit claims the wiretapping plot affected the performance of Blu’s smartphones because the firmware exponentially decreased the phones’ battery life.

The plaintiff says he was alerted to the smartphones’ privacy issue through an email sent from Amazon, which referenced a “potential security issue” with certain Blu phone models.

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