Yershov v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:14-cv-13112

Court:

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutory Actions

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

F. Dennis Saylor, IV

Firms

  1. September 02, 2016

    Gannett Can't Escape Privacy Suit Over USA Today App

    A Massachusetts federal judge won't let USA Today parent company Gannett Co. off the hook for allegedly collecting app users' video viewing data and sharing it with another company, ruling on Friday that disclosing personally identifiable information could indeed cause users harm.

  2. July 28, 2016

    USA Today App User, Gannett Spar Over Spokeo

    A USA Today reader who said the company's app disclosed his video viewing preferences told a federal judge in Boston Thursday that the Spokeo Supreme Court decision didn't doom his putative class action privacy claim despite Gannett's request to dismiss the suit on those grounds.

  3. July 15, 2016

    Spokeo Backs USA Today App Privacy Injuries, Court Told

    USA Today app users suing the paper's parent, Gannett Co., for collecting their video data told a Massachusetts federal court Thursday that Gannett mistook the Spokeo precedent in arguing their class claims should be tossed because the users suffered no consequential harm.

  4. July 01, 2016

    USA Today Asks For App Privacy Suit Toss Citing Spokeo

    A proposed class action accusing a Gannett Co. unit of stepping on app users' privacy rights by collecting video data must be nixed in the wake of the the U.S. Supreme Court's Spokeo decision, the media company told a Massachusetts judge, because no concrete harm has been alleged.

  5. June 16, 2016

    Gannett Says Spokeo Decision Dooms App Privacy Suit

    A Gannett Co. Inc. unit told a Massachusetts federal court on Thursday said that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Spokeo decision means a proposed class action claiming the company illegally collected USA Today smartphone app users' data to sell to advertisers must be dismissed because they haven't claimed any actual harm.

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