Wiretap Claim Against Sex Toy Manufacturer Partly Dismissed

Mealey's (May 22, 2019, 12:17 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — Finding that certain date and time data collected by a sex toy app constituted record information, rather than the contents of a communication, a California federal judge on May 15 dismissed in part claims against a “sextech” company under the Wiretap Act, while holding that “vibration intensity” data, which was allegedly collected without user consent, qualified as communications and could support a claim under the statute (S.D. v. Hytto Ltd., No. 4:18-cv-00688, N.D. Calif.)....