Apple Defeats Class Certification in iOS 13 Cell Data Use Suit

A consumer alleging Apple Inc.‘s iOS 13 used excessive cellular data without permission failed to convince a federal judge to certify a class of users of the operating system on iPhones.

App permissions were “the touchstone” of the consumer’s injury theory, and proving a lack of permissions was a highly individualized inquiry that was unsuitable for class certification, the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Wednesday.

Plaintiff Alasdair Turner alleged the operating system contained malfunctioning code that ignored user’s toggles limiting cellular data for specific apps. He said that even when data is switched off ...