Cell Phone Owners Allege Privacy Violations Over Firmware’s PII Forwarding

(May 15, 2017, 1:35 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — In a May 12 amended complaint in Florida federal court, two cell phone owners bring privacy class claims against the phones’ manufacturer and a Chinese firmware designer that they claim is responsible for surreptitiously intercepting and forwarding their personally identifiable information (PII) (In Re BLU Products Inc. Privacy Breach, No. 1:16-cv-24892, S.D. Fla.)....