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Ancestry.com likely to defeat privacy claims over yearbook photos, US judge says

By Amy Miller ( February 25, 2021, 20:56 GMT | Insight) -- Claims that Ancestry.com misappropriated and misused individuals' yearbook photos to sell subscriptions, violating California privacy law, will likely be dismissed, a US magistrate judge in San Francisco said. California residents haven't shown they were harmed, and they aren't celebrities whose images have value in the marketplace, US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said. The allegations are also barred by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, she said.Allegations that Ancestry.com misappropriated and misused individuals' yearbook photos to sell subscriptions, violating California privacy law, will likely be dismissed, a US magistrate judge in San Francisco said today....

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