Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Zillow Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ZG) are being accused of wiretapping, according to a class action lawsuit filed Monday by two visitors to Zillow's website. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for Western Washington, alleges that Zillow, a Seattle-based online real estate platform, used a third-party tool from Redmond-based software maker Microsoft to track detailed behaviors of website visitors. While sites and platforms like Facebook and Google use users' location and browsing data to track activity, the suit says that because neither Zillow nor Microsoft received consent to do so, it was illegal. Read More...
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Zillow Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ZG) are being accused of wiretapping, according to a class action lawsuit filed Monday by two visitors to Zillow’s website. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for Western Washington, alleges that Zillow, a Seattle-based online real estate platform, used a third-party tool from Redmond-based software maker Microsoft to track detailed behaviors of website visitors. While sites and platforms like Facebook and Google use users’ location and browsing data to track activity, the suit says that because neither Zillow nor Microsoft received consent to do so, it was illegal.
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