Law360, New York ( June 23, 2014, 10:40 AM EDT) -- ​Plaintiffs traditionally face an uphill battle in class actions alleging misuse of information gathered from Internet cookie tracking or trafficking. "Cookies," of course, are bits of data transferred between users' Web browsers and companies' websites during Web browsing. Cookies allow websites to recall user information — such as login credentials, browsing history and shopping-cart contents — saving users the time and effort of reentering the information every time they visit a website. Courts generally take the view that such browsing information has little to no intrinsic value; plaintiffs thus lack cognizable injury and standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution to pursue claims for collection or misuse of Internet cookies.[1]...