Apple has recently been hit with its fourth class action lawsuit in the United States over the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) issue. Following three class action lawsuits in California, Pennsylvania and New York, Apple has been hit with a fourth class action lawsuit in Northern California.
The class actions are largely based on a report released by Mysk developers in November 2022, accusing Apple of requiring third-party companies to publish app tracking details on the one hand, and planting device identifiers in anonymous messages on the other.
The fourth class action case was initiated by plaintiff Julia Cima, who filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California. She argues that Apple has committed numerous violations of privacy laws and competition, and is defending the rights of affected users through a class action lawsuit.
The lawsuit states that Apple has “flagrantly violated consumer privacy” by failing to comply with users’ requests to limit data sharing. Apple restricts the use of identifiers and cross-app tracking by third-party apps but continues to track users in its own apps with app tracking transparency turned on.
