Royal Caribbean Defeats Privacy Suit Over Online TikTok Tracker

Royal Caribbean Cruises convinced a federal court to dismiss a suit alleging that using a TikTok tracking tool on the cruise line operator’s site violated a California privacy law that restricts the use of trap and trace devices.

The California Invasion of Privacy Act prohibits using a device to track identifying data about a communication absent a court order. But the law doesn’t cover tracking the content of the message—like names, addresses, and dates of birth—the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Tuesday.

Plaintiff Kieren Kishnani’s allegations that the TikTok tool collected device and browser information, ...