Adobe Faces California Privacy Suit Over Online Tracker Business

Adobe Inc. has tracking tools on thousands of websites across the internet and that all-encompassing approach violates users’ privacy rights, according to a proposed class action filed in federal court.

Plaintiff Bianca Johnston said that she regularly visits websites like foxnews.com, webmd.com, and weather.com. Adobe’s trackers on those and other sites allow it to create a profile “so detailed that it is essentially de-anonymized,” according to the complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Johnston didn’t consent to that level of tracking, she said. She wants to sue on behalf of nationwide and ...