LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensions
Judge tosses lawsuits, says plaintiffs didn't allege any real privacy violation.
Two lawsuits against LinkedIn over its practice of scanning users' browser extensions have been dismissed by a US District Court judge in California. Judge Vince Chhabria ruled that the plaintiffs failed to provide adequate evidence of standing to sue, as they did not claim they had browser extensions installed that transmitted private information to LinkedIn.
The judge expressed doubt that the plaintiffs could make a viable claim, given LinkedIn's argument that users voluntarily download extensions, which inherently expose data to websites. The case was filed by California residents Nicholas Farrell and Jeff Ganan, who sought to represent themselves and other LinkedIn users. Ganan's attorney, J.R.
Howell, is considering bringing the claims to a California state court or appealing the ruling in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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