Sensitive Data Usage Case Against LinkedIn Survives Dismissal

(August 21, 2024, 8:06 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The California Department of Motor Vehicles is not a necessary party to a suit alleging that LinkedIn Corp. collected and used personal information, and the plaintiff adequately alleges that the social media company unlawfully read and used the information in marketing, a federal judge in California said in partially granting a motion to dismiss....