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Adobe must face US privacy suit over Experience Cloud tracking, plaintiffs argue

( January 20, 2026, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Adobe’s motion to dismiss US claims accusing it of illegally tracking users online ignores what the complaint says, cherry-picking some allegations, mischaracterizing others, and ignoring the rest, according to plaintiffs. They opposed the motion, saying that Adobe argues that the complaint describes nothing more than “Adobe providing advertising services to . . . enterprise customers that are using the Adobe Experience Cloud products on their websites and apps.” However, the complaint actually describes a comprehensive surveillance system in which Adobe assigns a unique identifier to each and every individual who navigate to a website that has the Adobe demdex cookie embedded on it that allows its customers to track them.See attached file. ...

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