Carnival Customers Drop Class Action Over Microsoft Data Sharing

Customers of Carnival Corp. dismissed their proposed class action alleging the international cruise operator shared their personal information with Microsoft Corp. in violation of state and federal privacy laws.

The dismissal comes four months after the plaintiffs and Carnival notified the US District Court for the Southern District of California that they had reached a settlement of the lawsuit. Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel granted the parties’ joint stipulation of dismissal Monday.

• The plaintiffs alleged that Carnival incorporated online tracking technology from Microsoft on its website, allowing the tech company to intercept the sensitive information of site visitors
• Curiel previously denied ...