Civil Litigation
Jun. 17, 2021
Suit over Ancestry.com yearbook photo use dismissed for 3rd time
U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco found that the company doesn’t illegally profit from its business model of amassing databases of personal information and selling it for subscription fees.
Genealogy website Ancestry.com does not have to face a potential class action claiming it illegally sold access to peoples' photographs and other personal information, a federal magistrate ruled.
Dismissing the lawsuit for the third and final time, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco found on Tuesday that the company doesn't illegally profit from its ...
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