Class Suit Over Yearbook Photos On Ancestry.com Dismissed For No Standing

Mealey's (March 3, 2021, 1:54 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Two California residents who filed a putative class complaint against the companies that operate Ancestry.com for the inclusion of their yearbook photos and information on the website’s database failed to show that they have standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, a federal magistrate judge in California ruled March 1, alternatively finding that the defendants are immune from liability under the Communications Decency Act (CDA) and giving the plaintiffs 21 days to file an amended complaint with a blackline of the changes....