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Ruppel v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
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April 10, 2018
Consumer Reports Readers Seek $16M Data-Selling Deal OK
A class of Consumer Reports readers who claim the magazine breached Michigan’s privacy law by selling their subscription data asked a New York federal court to approve a $16.38 million settlement, which would double the largest-ever deal struck over alleged violations of the statute.
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June 13, 2017
Consumer Reports Publisher Can't Shake Data Sale Suit
A New York federal judge refused Monday to toss a proposed class action accusing the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine of violating Michigan privacy law by selling readers' subscription data, saying the company raises arguments that have failed in similar suits.
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May 01, 2017
11th Circ.'s Spokeo Take Favors Subscriber, Judge Told
A Consumer Reports reader fighting to keep alive his privacy lawsuit against the magazine's publisher for supposedly selling subscriber data asked a New York federal judge Monday to consider recent Eleventh Circuit guidance on the issue of standing under the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Spokeo ruling.
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December 06, 2016
2nd Circ. Take On Spokeo Invoked In Consumer Reports Row
A Consumer Reports reader accusing the magazine's publisher of illegally selling subscriber data told a New York federal judge on Tuesday that a recent Second Circuit decision offered an interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court's Spokeo ruling that bolsters his standing to sue.
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November 22, 2016
Michigan AG Supports Consumer Reports Data-Selling Suit
The Michigan Attorney General on Tuesday got behind a Consumer Reports reader who is accusing the magazine's publisher of illegally selling subscriber data, saying the state privacy law that regulates commercial speech is not unconstitutional.
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September 29, 2016
Conde Nast Ruling Aids Other Subscriber Data Suit, Court Told
A Consumer Reports reader accusing the magazine's publisher of violating Michigan privacy law by selling subscriber data on Thursday urged the New York federal judge overseeing the case to take note of a fellow judge's decision Wednesday denying dismissal to Conde Nast in a nearly identical suit.
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September 27, 2016
Consumer Reports Publisher Presses To Nix Data-Selling Suit
The publisher of Consumer Reports magazine continued its push to dismiss class allegations that the company violated Michigan privacy law by selling a reader's subscription data, reiterating to a New York federal court Monday that no actual injury was suffered.
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April 01, 2016
Consumer Reports Hit With Reader-Data Privacy Class Action
A Consumer Reports reader hit the magazine's publisher with a putative class action lawsuit Friday in New York federal court, claiming the buyer-advocate, in violation of his state's privacy law, sold his subscription data and now he's inundated with junk mail and telephone solicitations.