9th Circuit:  Facebook Users May Proceed With Privacy Claims Over URL Collection

Mealey's (April 9, 2020, 4:56 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Partly reversing the dismissal of a class complaint over Facebook Inc.’s tracking of the internet histories of users who were logged out of its social network, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 9 ruled that the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged privacy and intrusion claims, while affirming dismissal of electronic interception and contractual claims (In re:  Facebook Inc. Internet Tracking Litigation, No. 17-17486, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 11102)....