Civil Litigation
Feb. 26, 2021
Jurist questions injury claims from Ancestry site’s use of yearbook photos
U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler challenged a central argument in the class action that the consumer DNA company illegally profits from its business model of amassing databases of personal information and selling it for subscription fees.
A federal magistrate judge pushed back Thursday on claims that people suing genealogy website Ancestry.com for selling access to their personal data, records and photographs without permission suffered sufficient injury to sue.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler challenged a central argument in the class action that the consumer DNA company illegally profits from it...
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