Apple class action lawsuit overview:ย
- Who: A Jane Doe minor filed a class action lawsuit through her guardian against Apple Inc.ย
- Why: Doe claims Apple overlooks the upload of child sexual abuse material to its iCloud service by allegedly failing to โadopt industry standardsโ for detecting it.ย
- Where: The Apple class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.ย
Apple Inc. overlooks the upload of child sexual abuse material to its iCloud service, a new class action lawsuit alleges.ย
A minor Jane Doeโs class action lawsuit claims Apple engages in so-called โprivacy washingโ by allegedly touting a commitment to protect its customers privacy while simultaneously neglecting to โmeaningfully implementโ its stated privacy protection ideas to practice.ย
โA clear example of privacy-washing is this case,โ the Apple class action says. โAccording to the statements of its anti-fraud chief, Apple knew that iCloud has become โthe greatest platform for distributing child porn.โโ
Doe, who filed the complaint by and through her guardian, wants to represent a nationwide class of individuals who has been a victim of child sexual abuse within the past three years as a result of the transmission of child sexual abuse material on Appleโs iCloud service.
Apple chooses not to adopt industry standards for detecting child sexual abuse material, class action claims
Doe argues Apple opts not to โadopt industry standardsโ for detecting child sexual abuse material and, instead, โshifts the burden and cost of creating a safe user experience to children and their families.โย
โAppleโs privacy policy states that it would collect usersโ private information to prevent things like (child sexual abuse material), but it fails to do so in practice โ a failure that it already knew of,โ the Apple class action says.ย
Doe claims Apple is guilty of misrepresentation and unjust enrichment, among other things, and of violating federal sex trafficking laws, a pair of California business and professional codes and North Carolina consumer protection laws.ย
The plaintiff demands a jury trial and requests declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of compensatory and punitive damages for herself and all class members.ย
A pair of antitrust class action lawsuits were filed against Apple earlier this year over claims the company monopolized the smartphone market with its iPhone and engaged in anticompetitive practices.ย
Have you been a victim of child sexual abuse as a result of child sexual abuse material being uploaded to iCloud? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiff is represented by Juyoun Han and Eric Baum of Eisenberg & Baum LLP and John K. Buche and Byron Ma of The Buche Law Firm PC.
The Apple class action lawsuit is Doe, et al. v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:24-cv-05107, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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