LinkedIn User Advances ‘Pixel’ Suit Over Info Collected From DMV

LinkedIn Corp. must face a proposed class action alleging it intercepted the personal information of its users visiting the website of the California Department of Motor Vehicles in violation of federal and state privacy laws.

Plaintiff Jacqueline Jackson alleged that LinkedIn used the information from the DMV for its own purposes rather than acting as a mere tape recorder for the agency, which was enough to state a claim of interception under the California Invasion of Privacy Act, Judge P. Casey Pitts of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Tuesday.

Pitts rejected LinkedIn’s argument that ...