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Glassesusa.com Class Action Glassesusa.com Allegations: Falsely marketing that it protects consumers’ privacy when it allows a third party to spy on visitors to its website for targeted advertising purposes
FanDuel Class Action FanDuel Allegations: Falsely representing that the website protects users’ privacy
Feature.com Class Action Feature.com Allegations: Falsely representing that the website protects consumers’ privacy when it allows a third party to spy on visitors to its website for advertising purposes
LinkedIn’s Premium Services Class Action LinkedIn’s Premium Services Allegations: Misrepresenting that Premium subscribers get enhanced privacy protections and that their personal information will not be disclosed to third parties
www.boironusa.com Class Action www.boironusa.com Allegations: Falsely representing that the website protects consumers’ privacy when it allows a third party to spy on visitors to its website for advertising purposes
www.mathworks.com Class Action www.mathworks.com Allegations: Falsely representing that the website protects consumers’ privacy when it allows a third party to spy on visitors who use the chat feature for advertising purposes
www.idahoan.com Class Action www.idahoan.com Allegations: Misrepresenting that the website protects customers’ privacy when it allows third parties to spy on visitors to its website for targeted advertising purposes