Ancestry moves for judgment again in US privacy case
( June 5, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Ancestry.com filed a renewed motion for judgment against US claims over its collection and publication of biographical data allegedly without consent, noting that multiple courts considering identical factual theories after Ancestry’s original briefing—advanced by the same counsel—have now confirmed the distinctions Ancestry previously advanced. “The core principle of those orders is that the mere capability of a platform to generate a user specific interaction is not actionable when the undisputed evidence shows no such interaction actually occurred with respect to the plaintiff’s records,” Ancestry said.See attached file. ...
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