LinkedIn can't evade all wiretapping claims over medical data, US judge rules

By Mike Swift ( September 30, 2025, 23:11 GMT | Insight) -- LinkedIn must defend California wiretapping and constitutional privacy claims over allegations that it collected users’ confidential medical information and used that data to target ads, a federal judge in San Jose ruled. While US District Judge Edward Davila granted LinkedIn's motion to dismiss one element of California Invasion of Privacy Act claims, he denied the company's motion to dismiss CIPA Section 632 claims of illegally recording conversations by participants in the conversation.LinkedIn failed to win dismissal of California wiretapping and constitutional privacy allegations over its use of users’ medical data to target ads, with a federal judge in Silicon Valley concluding Tuesday that the practices could be “highly offensive” and therefore illegal....

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LinkedIn can't evade all wiretapping claims over medical data, US judge rules

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