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LinkedIn must face US privacy claims, plaintiffs say

( February 13, 2026, 20:09 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs accusing LinkedIn of intercepting sensitive and confidential communications of customers who used Covered California’s website opposed a motion to dismiss, saying that their complaint clearly alleges that LinkedIn knew what information it was intercepting from the website and incorporated that information into its advertising databases. They said that they court has already denied a motion to dismiss their California Invasion of Privacy Act claims against LinkedIn based on interceptions by the LinkedIn Insight Tag on health-related websites, and numerous courts have denied motions to dismiss CIPA and Electronic Communications Privacy Act claims based on similar technology.See attached file. ...

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