Ancestry.com Inc. prevailed Tuesday in its fight against a lawsuit by California residents who claimed the company’s inclusion of their photos in its Yearbook database violated their privacy rights.
Meredith Callahan and others hit Ancestry.com with the proposed class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing the online genealogy giant of misappropriating their likenesses and unjustly enriching itself by using their yearbook photos to solicit paying subscribers to its platform. In March, the court dismissed the suit based on standing, but left leave to amend.
The plaintiffs amended their complaint and added allegations of ...
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