UMG bid to scuttle cookie privacy claims probed by US judge after Microsoft ruling
By Mike Swift ( September 24, 2025, 00:36 GMT | Insight) -- Whether a privacy suit that alleges websites by UMG artists such as Post Malone, Ariana Grande and Carly Rae Jepsen collected their personal data even when they opted out of tracking cookies can go forward could be shaped by a recent federal appeals court decision involving Microsoft session replay software.A federal judge worked to navigate newly shifted legal ground Tuesday as he parsed Universal Music Group arguments to dismiss litigation alleging its artists' websites deceived users by installing tracking cookies when consumers had opted out of them on the landing page....
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