Lenovo class action claims company shared U.S. consumers’ data with China

Lenovo data privacy class action lawsuit overview:

• Who: A Lenovo consumer filed a class action lawsuit against the company.
• Why: The plaintiff alleges Lenovo shared U.S. consumers’ data with China.
• Where: The Lenovo class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.

A new class action lawsuit accuses Lenovo of violating federal law by sharing U.S. consumers’ data with China.

Plaintiff Spencer Christy filed the class action complaint against Lenovo (United States) Inc. on Feb. 5 in California federal court, alleging violations of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act and California’s Invasion of Privacy Act and Unfair Competition Law.

The class action lawsuit alleges Lenovo violated a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) rule that prohibits the transfer of Americans’ bulk sensitive personal data to “countries of concern,” including China.

The rule, implemented in April 2025, aims to prevent foreign adversaries from accessing large quantities of behavioral data that could be used to surveil, analyze or exploit American citizens, the Lenovo class action lawsuit alleges.

Christy claims Lenovo “knowingly and systematically” used communications and associated covered personal identifiers intercepted from American citizens for the purpose of sharing U.S. consumers’ data with covered persons without the safeguards required by U.S. law.

Lawsuit: Lenovo shared U.S. consumers’ data with China

The Lenovo class action lawsuit alleges that when Christy visited Lenovo’s website to browse for products and purchase a gaming computer, the company facilitated the interception and disclosure of the full-page context, including full-string URLs revealing the pages viewed and product view, and persistent identifiers, including IP addresses, advertising IDs and cookie data, to third parties.

Christy claims Lenovo then used the intercepted communications and identifiers for its own purposes, including transmitting them to covered persons in violation of the DOJ rule.

The Lenovo class action lawsuit argues that the company’s actions enabled it and its foreign parents to link Christy’s browsing activity to his identity, track his behavior and build detailed profiles reflecting his interests, location, habits and other private attributes.

Christy alleges the conduct gives rise to numerous individual and representative claims under federal and state law, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, because Lenovo used consumers’ intercepted communications with the intention and for the purpose of disclosing that data in furtherance of a criminal or tortious act.

Christy wants to represent anyone in the United States whose electronic communications with Lenovo’s website were intercepted and whose communications and personal data, including persistent identifiers and behavioral activity, was used on or after April 8, 2025.

He is suing for violations of federal and state privacy laws and seeks certification of the class action, damages, fees, costs and a jury trial.

Earlier, Fandom Inc. agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve claims it violated California privacy laws by installing trackers on GameSpot visitors’ browsers without their consent.

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The plaintiff is represented by Victor J. Sandoval of Almeida Law Group LLC.

The Lenovo data privacy class action lawsuit is Christy v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., Case No. 3:26-cv-01133, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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