On August 1, a San Francisco jury used the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) to deliver a groundbreaking verdict in the Flo menstrual app case against Meta, establishing a viable blueprint for future privacy cases against Big Tech.
CIPA, passed in 1967, was originally designed to protect Californians from secret and unauthorized recordings of telephone calls. Today, class action lawyers are using this law as a basis for litigation, arguing that modern internet data tracking technology is a form of wiretapping or eavesdropping.
Gary Kibel, a partner in the Privacy, Technology + Data Security Practice Group at Davis+Gilbert, was quoted in Bloomberg Law where he shared insights on the new wave of class action litigation targeting websites and apps that use data tracking technology.
“Class action attorneys have filed hundreds of lawsuits and sent out probably many thousands of demand letters to websites,” said Gary. “Many settle to avoid the expense of litigation.”
For more information about the landmark Flo app verdict, read the full article below.