JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) — iHeartmedia is facing a digital privacy class action over its sharing of user information with Facebook.
Gloria Talley, individually and on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint Jan. 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against iHeartmedia, alleging violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act and other claims.
According to her complaint, Talley is a digital subscriber to iHeart.com and also a Facebook user. She claims that when using her iHeart digital subscription to view video media through the iHeart website or app while logged into Facebook, her personal viewing information is disclosed to Facebook without her consent.
Talley alleges iHeartmedia knowingly disclosed her Facebook ID and the computer file containing video including her personal viewing information by using cookies, software development kits and pixels. She claims the defendant uses the practices even though digital subscribers have not shared or consented to share the information.
She further claims the defendant uses subscribers' personal information to build targeted advertising and by doing so, disregards their protected privacy rights.
Talley and the class seek monetary relief, interest, trial by jury and all other just relief. They are represented by Andrew Shamis and Edwin Elliott Shamiks & Gentle PA in Miami, Florida and Scott Edelsberg of Edelsberg Law PA in Aventura, Florida.
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida case number 8:23-CV-00215-DSM-MRM