Class Complaint Over Intercepted Website Use Survives Dismissal Motion

Mealey's (June 3, 2021, 8:49 AM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — A putative class complaint accusing a credit reporting company of violating Florida law by monitoring and recording website visitors’ actions survives a dismissal motion as Florida courts have interpreted “interception” under state law to mean only recording by one party without the other party’s consent unlike the federal Wiretap Act, which requires the involvement of a third party to constitute interception, a judge in a federal court in California ruled May 25....