Oracle Must Face Privacy Suit Over ‘Digital Dossier’ Marketing

Oracle America Inc. failed to persuade a judge to throw out a lawsuit that accused it of creating “digital dossiers” of online visitors and then selling that information on its data marketplace.

US District Judge Richard Seeborg ruled Thursday that consumers sufficiently backed up some of their claims to warrant moving forward with them.

The judge said the plaintiffs made a case that Oracle’s data collection violated their privacy and caused them harm. But he dismissed claims that the company had acted fraudulently and violated a federal anti-wiretap law.

Oracle didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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