Vizio Smart TV Owners’ Wiretap Act Class Claim Survives Dismissal

Mealey's (July 26, 2017, 12:35 PM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — A previously dismissed Wiretap Act putative class claim against Vizio Inc. survived a second dismissal motion July 25, with a California federal judge finding that the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged interception of communications via Vizio’s purported use of surreptitious software that tracked TV owners’ viewing habits (In Re:  Vizio, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation, No. 8:16-ml-02693, C.D. Calif.)....