LinkedIn Must Face Privacy Suit Targeting Video Learning Site

LinkedIn Corp. is stuck facing a proposed Video Privacy Protection Act class action challenging its inclusion of tracking “pixels” on its online video training platform following a federal court ruling.

Plaintiff Courtney Cole’s complaint sufficiently alleged that LinkedIn is a video tape service provider, she is a protected consumer of such a business, and the Microsoft unit knowingly disclosed her personal information to a third party, Judge P. Casey Pitts said for the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Cole said that she used LinkedIn’s video training platform, LinkedIn Learning. The social media network incorporated tracking pixels ...