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  1. January 18, 2018

    Claims In Twitter, Instagram $5.3M Privacy Deal Flagged

    A California federal judge on Wednesday referred to prosecutors potential instances of fraud stemming from a $5.3 million settlement tech giants like Twitter and Instagram struck to resolve claims of privacy violations, based on a report from the class action settlement administrator who flagged as suspicious nearly 6,000 claims. 

  2. September 22, 2017

    Attys Want $1.6M Cut Of App Privacy Deal With Tech Giants

    The attorneys who worked out a $5.3 million deal with tech companies including Twitter, Instagram and Yelp in a consolidated proposed class action over alleged user privacy violations asked a California federal judge Friday to award $1.6 million in fees for their work.

  3. July 25, 2017

    Apple Users Denied Cert. In 'Secure By Design' False Ad Suit

    A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to certify a class alleging Apple Inc. falsely advertised certain devices as "secure by design" when it knew third-party applications could siphon off private data, finding the consumers hadn't shown they relied on statements about specific security features.

  4. July 07, 2017

    Apple Users Seek Cert. In 'Secure By Design' False Ad Row

    Apple Inc. users urged a California federal judge at a hearing Thursday to certify a class alleging the tech giant falsely advertised certain iPhones, iPads and iPods as "secure by design" when it knew third-party applications could siphon off private data, saying class actions are designed for exactly this kind of broad deception.

  5. April 04, 2017

    Twitter, Yelp Among Apps Signing On To $5.3M Privacy Deal

    Several major tech companies, including Twitter Inc., Yelp Inc., Instagram LLC and Foursquare Labs Inc., have agreed to pay a consolidated $5.3 million to resolve a putative class action pending in California federal court accusing them of violating user privacy through their apps for Apple's mobile operating system.

  6. September 09, 2016

    Yelp Can't Shake 'Find Friends' Privacy Suit

    Yelp failed to escape a proposed class's claims that the tech company and other app makers violated users' privacy through the "find friends" feature on Apple's mobile devices after a California federal judge said Friday there were factual issues at play that a jury should decide.

  7. August 23, 2016

    Yelp Seeks To Escape 'Find Friends' User Privacy Suit

    Yelp urged a California federal judge at a hearing Tuesday to free the business review service from a class action accusing several tech companies of violating consumers' privacy rights, arguing that when users consented to give access to their contacts lists, they also agreed to let Yelp upload that data.

  8. August 12, 2016

    Twitter Knew App Broke Apple's Privacy Rules, Users Say

    Twitter users in a putative class claim accusing the online platform of intruding on their privacy through its "Find Friends" feature on Apple's mobile devices shot back at the social media site's bid to toss the suit, telling a California federal judge on Thursday that Twitter only began asking for permission to "upload" users' address books after public backlash, showing it knowingly violated the Apple app store's guidelines.

  9. July 15, 2016

    Apple, Path Users Win Partial Class Cert. In Privacy Suit

    A California federal judge on Friday agreed to certify a proposed class of Path social network users who claim that Apple helped the app secretly access their contacts on mobile devices, but refused to grant the same status to consumers who downloaded the app but never had their contacts uploaded.

  10. July 12, 2016

    Yelp App Users Dragging Out Privacy Suit, Company Says

    Yelp won't cave in its bid for a quick win against a proposed class of consumers who allege the tech company and other app makers violated users' privacy through their "find friends" feature on Apple's mobile devices, telling a California federal court  Monday that the consumers have drawn out their baseless allegations long enough.

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