Comment: Spokeo settles, but debate over standing in privacy cases continues
By Amy Miller ( March 13, 2019, 22:07 GMT | Comment) -- After eight years of court battles, people search engine Spokeo has agreed to settle a lawsuit that went up to the US Supreme Court and transformed the test for determining standing in privacy litigation. But even though the Spokeo case is officially resolved, the debate it fueled over what types of privacy harms confer standing to sue in federal court continues.After eight years of court battles, people search engine Spokeo has agreed to settle a lawsuit that went up to the US Supreme Court and transformed the test for determining standing in privacy litigation....
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