June 04, 2014
ComScore Inc. has struck a $14 million settlement with what is believed to be the largest class ever certified under federal electronic privacy laws, composed of Web users who allegedly had the online analytics giant's data-harvesting software installed on their computers without consent, according to court documents filed Friday.
April 08, 2013
To score elusive certification of a privacy class action last week, a group of consumers alleging a data research company sold their information without permission capitalized on a boilerplate licensing agreement to help unify their claims and establish standing, potentially paving the way for other plaintiffs to overcome pleading-stage roadblocks, attorneys say.
April 04, 2013
A federal judge on Tuesday certified a class that could comprise more than a million people who allege online data research company comScore Inc. collects personal information from consumers' computers that it sells to well-known media outlets without the users' knowledge or consent.
August 23, 2011
Online data research company comScore Inc. was hit with a putative class action in Illinois on Tuesday claiming it collects personal information from consumers' computers that it sells to well-known media outlets without the users' knowledge or consent.