The Computer & Communications Industry Association seeks leave to file an amicus brief by Aug. 4 in support of the plaintiffs’ motions for a preliminary injunction to block Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R) from enforcing SB-419, the state’s TikTok ban, when it takes effect Jan. 1 (see 2307070002), said CCIA’s unopposed motion Wednesday (docket 9:23-cv-00061) in U.S. District Court for Montana in Missoula. The ACLU together with Electronic Frontier Foundation and NetChoice in tandem with the Chamber of Progress also filed unopposed motions for leave Wednesday to submit amicus briefs by Aug. 4 in support of the injunction.

“Spyware” from software monitoring company Dynatrace “wiretaps” electronic communications of “thousands” of website visitors, secretly observing and recording their “keystrokes, mouse clicks, data entry, and other electronic communications, in real time,” alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 1:23-cv-11673) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.

Geolocation data company X-Mode Social tracks and identifies mobile app users in real time and then sells the data “to whoever wants it,” alleges a Tuesday class action (docket 1:23-cv-11651) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.

Healthcare payment services company Intellihartx (ITx) waited four months after discovering a data breach to notify patients their personally identifiable information may have been compromised, said two Tuesday class actions in U.S. District Court for Northern Ohio in Toledo.

Google charges advertisers “hefty amounts for the privilege of autoplaying their advertisements into the void,” said a breach of contract class action Wednesday (docket 5:23-cv-03685) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose.

Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey for Western Arkansas in El Dorado granted the motion of Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) to remand his complaint against TikTok and ByteDance to Union County Circuit Court where it originated before TikTok and ByteDance removed it May 9 (see 2305100036), said Hickey’s signed order Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-01038). Griffin’s complaint alleges Tik Tok and its parent company violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by duping Arkansas consumers about the risks of the Chinese government gaining access to and exploiting their personal data.

U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty for Western Louisiana in Monroe erred when he imposed his July 4 injunction barring dozens of Biden administration officials from conversing with social media platforms on content moderation (see 2307050042), said DOJ’s opening brief Tuesday (docket 23-30445) in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the government's motion to continue the stay in the injunction pending appeal.

Location technology platform Foursquare gathers “vast amounts of time-stamped, precise geolocation data” from consumers’ cellphones, then profits by selling their data to other companies, said a Monday privacy class action (docket 3:23-cv-30078) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Springfield.

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RCN Telecom Services failed to design, construct, maintain and operate its website to be fully accessible to and independently usable by visually impaired or blind people, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, said a Friday class action (docket 1:23-cv-05543) in U.S. District Court for Eastern New York in Brooklyn.