The DMV and LinkedIn – Driving to CIPA Disaster?

No one likes waiting at the DMV. I get it. I’m sympathetic.

So going online and handling your business is easy and you can skip waiting. But, what if you info is getting sent out for other purposes? By LinkedIn of all places????

So, this case hurts.

LinkedIn offers a product for its customers called Insight Tags. Per the LinkedIn website, these Insight Tags lets customers “Learn more about your audience, on and off LinkedIn”.

In Jackson v. LinkedIn Corporation, 2024 WL 3823806 (Cal. N.D, Aug 13, 2024), LinkedIn moved to dismiss a case for failure to state a claim. The Plaintiff, Jacqueline Jackson, realized that LinkedIn’s Insight Tags were tracking her usage of the California DMV’s website when she went to renew her disability placard in 2023. Jackson alleged that LinkedIn’s conduct violated the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”).

LinkedIn claimed that Jackson’s failure to include the DMV…