Technology
Oct. 2, 2026
Meta defeats lawsuit over tracking on California DMV website
Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston ruled that information transmitted to Meta about users' activity on the California DMV website was not sufficiently sensitive to establish the privacy injury required for Article III standing.
Meta won dismissal Wednesday of a lawsuit accusing it of tracking users' activity on the California DMV website after a federal judge ruled the plaintiffs failed to show they suffered a sufficiently serious privacy injury to establish standing.
Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston found that information collected about named plaintiffs Mikhail Gershzon and Anacleto DeLeon -- including their addresses and records of DMV applications and purchases -- did not meet the "...
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