Gizmodo Site Visitor Advances Privacy Suit Against Keleops USA

Keleops USA Inc. must face a proposed class action alleging it collected the IP addresses and device information of visitors to its gizmodo.com website in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act.

Lead plaintiff Jeffrey Garon sufficiently alleged that online tracking tools installed on the digital publisher’s gizmodo.com website were “pen registers” within the meaning of the CIPA, and that the trackers were a “device or process” under the act, Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Tuesday.

Ryu denied Keleops’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

Garon alleged that ...