Jackson v. LinkedIn Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JACQUELINE JACKSON, Case No. 24-cv-00812-PCP
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS IN PART
LINKEDIN CORPORATION, Re: Dkt. No. 19 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Jacqueline Jackson brings this class action data privacy lawsuit against defendant LinkedIn Corporation alleging that LinkedIn used its Insight Tag (also known as the LinkedIn Pixel) to unlawfully obtain and use personal disability information from LinkedIn users visiting the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) website. LinkedIn moves to dismiss the case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(7) for failure to join the DMV as a necessary party and under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. For the following reasons, the Court denies the Rule 12(b)(7) motion but grants the Rule 12(b)(6) motion in part and with leave to amend. BACKGROUND Jackson is a California resident who has been a…