GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A magazine publisher faces a class action lawsuit alleging it released its readers' information to annoying groups.
Jason Taylor sued Active Interest Media on May 17 in Michigan federal court. Taylor subscribed to Log & Timber Home Living magazine but found his mailbox full of much more after AIM released his information to data aggregators and list brokers, he says.
They "in turn disclosed his information to aggressive advertisers, political organizations and nonprofit companies," the suit says. "As a result, Plaintiff has received a barrage of unwanted junk mail."
The lawsuit alleges violation of Michigan's Preservation of Personal Privacy Act.
"While AIM profits handsomely from the unauthorized rental, exchange and/or disclosure of its customers' Private Reading Information and other individualized information, it does so at the expense of its customers' statutory privacy rights (afforded by the PPPA) because AIM does not obtain its customers' written consent prior to disclosing their Private Reading Information," the suit says.
Firms pursuing the case are The Miller Law Firm, Bursor & Fisher and Hedin Hall.