Sephora USA Beats Class Action Over Recorded Website Chats

Sephora USA LLC dodged a proposed class action alleging it secretly wiretapped and recorded the chat conversations of visitors to its website in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act.

Ruth Martin alleged that Sephora recorded her chats without informing her it was doing so and without her consent, and allowed a third party contractor to eavesdrop on the chats to harvest data for financial gain.

Three out of four of Martin’s claims under Section 631(a) of the CIPA failed because the wiretapping statute applied to third parties only, and not to parties to a conversation, Magistrate Judge Stanley ...