Lowe’s Gets Reprieve From Proposed Online Tracker Class Suit

Lowe’s Co. and an affiliate shook off a proposed class complaint over its use of TikTok and Microsoft online trackers after a federal court ruled the plaintiffs lacked standing to proceed.

There’s no reasonable expectation of privacy in one’s IP address, and it’s unclear how the other pieces of data the trackers collected—including device and browser information—corresponded with protected categories under the California Invasion of Privacy Act, Judge Dana M. Sabraw wrote for the US District Court for the Southern District of California.

Without sufficient evidence that device and browser data, as well as the unique identifiers generatedfor individuals, mirrors ...