TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) — A New Jersey man claims Spotify discloses information on its users' viewed content to Facebook without subscriber consent.
Mohamed Saleh, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint last year in the Bergen County Superior Court against Spotify USA Inc., alleging violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act and other claims. Spotify removed the case to New Jersey federal court on Jan. 11.
According to his complaint, Saleh is a subscriber to Spotify and a regular Facebook user. He claims that Spotify disclosed information to Facebook regarding videos he watched on Spotify without his consent. He alleges that Spotify uses an embedded "Facebook Pixel" to send to Facebook Spotify user information, including what videos were watched, the computer file containing the video as well as its corresponding URL and the subscriber's Facebook ID.
Saleh claims that Spotify's intentional acquisition of its users' electronic communications violates the The Wiretap Act. He further claims he never consented to be wiretapped or gave written consent for his personal information to be disclosed to a third party such as Facebook.
Saleh and the class seek monetary relief, interest, trial by jury and all other just relief. They are represented by Daniel Zemel of Zemel Law LLC in Patterson, New Jersey.