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Thomson Reuters' CLEAR database represents 'all-encompassing' privacy allegations, US judge says in unsealed class certification order

By Mike Swift ( August 10, 2023, 21:45 GMT | Insight) -- Saying more than 35 million Californians face an “all-encompassing invasion” of privacy by Thomson Reuters’ CLEAR platform, a federal judge today unsealed his order granting class certification in litigation alleging the data broker’s sale of a vast trove of intimate data without consent was illegal. "Plaintiffs have provided sufficient evidence that there are millions of class members whose information was collected, aggregated, and offered for sale by Reuters on the CLEAR platform," US District Judge Edward Chen said. Saying more than 35 million Californians face an “all-encompassing invasion” of privacy by Thomson Reuters’ CLEAR platform, a federal judge today unsealed his order granting class certification in litigation alleging the data broker’s sale of a vast trove of intimate data without consent was illegal....

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