June 06, 2016
Consumers in a proposed class action accusing Yelp and other app makers of violating users' privacy through its "find friends" feature on Apple's mobile devices urged a California federal judge to deny the technology company's bid for quick judgment, saying the evidence shows it uploaded contacts without consent.
June 02, 2016
Twitter Inc. on Wednesday urged a California federal court to toss a putative class claim accusing the online platform of intruding on users' privacy through its "Find Friends" feature on Apple's mobile devices, saying the plaintiffs consented to having their personal contacts accessed.
April 25, 2016
Three members in a proposed class of Path Inc.'s social media app users can't prove that Apple Inc. helped Path secretly access their contacts on Apple devices, the tech giant told a California federal judge on Friday, saying that the users' aiding and abetting claims don't have standing.
April 01, 2016
Apple Inc. and social media company Path say that Path's undisclosed siphoning of user contacts doesn't support a class action, pointing Friday to indications that downloaders of the app show widely varying levels of harm.
January 11, 2016
A proposed class of Path users accusing the social media company of secretly accessing their contacts on Apple devices through its app asked a California federal judge on Friday to certify the class, saying that the class will be easily determined through download records.
October 08, 2015
A California federal court Thursday denied an attempt by Path Inc. to keep its chief executive and former chief technology officer from being deposed by a proposed class of users accusing the social media company of accessing their contacts through its app without permission.
March 24, 2015
Apple Inc.,Twitter Inc. and other app developers were unable to dismiss a class action accusing them of secretly accessing users' personal information after a California federal judge ruled on Monday that a five-year-long Apple ad campaign can be considered a "misrepresentation."
January 16, 2015
Apple Inc. urged a California federal judge on Friday to toss a consolidated class action alleging software applications distributed through its App Store surreptitiously lifted users' contact information, arguing the plaintiffs' fraud claims fail because they don't offer evidence that they were exposed to specific misleading ads.