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Capital One, US plaintiffs clash over whether tracking is routine or invasive

By Maria Dinzeo ( April 22, 2026, 01:06 GMT | Insight) -- A US judge pressed Capital One and proposed class plaintiffs on whether the bank’s alleged sharing of credit card applicants’ data with advertising partners is routine analytics or an intrusive privacy violation, and whether customers consented to the practice. Capital One’s alleged sharing of credit card applicants’ personal information with its advertising partners amounts to routine analytics rather than a highly intrusive US privacy violation, a lawyer for the bank argued Tuesday....

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