Technology,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 3, 2021
Ancestry immune from lawsuit, US court finds in yearbook photo case
The California residents didn’t suffer sufficient harm to sue the consumer DNA company because the information is publicly accessible, ruled U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler on Monday. She also found Ancestry is immune under a federal law shielding internet platforms from lawsuits.
A federal magistrate judge has dismissed a class action against genealogy website Ancestry.com that claimed it illegally sold access to peoples' photographs and other personal information in its U.S. school yearbooks database.
The California residents didn't suffer sufficient harm to sue the consumer DNA company because the information is publicly accessible, ruled U.S. Magistrate Judge $95
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