Mata

I. BACKGROUND

24 Plaintiff Guillermo Mata brings this class action on behalf of himself, and all others 25 similarly situated. (Plaintiff’s Complaint (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1). Defendant Zillow 26 Group, Inc. (“Zillow”) is a corporation that operates Zillow.com, an online real estate 27 marketplace with residential properties for sale and lease. (Id. at 2). Plaintiff alleges that 28 listings on Defendant’s website include video tour walkthroughs and third-party tracking technologies. (Id. at 5–6). According to Plaintiff, when registered users of Defendant’s website watch video walkthroughs of available properties, third-party tracking technologies obtain their viewing activity and personally identifiable information (“PII”) and transmit that information to third-party tracking vendors without users’ consent. (Id. at 2, 7). In his case, Plaintiff alleges Defendant shared his Zillow activity with Facebook approximately twenty times. (Id. at 8). Plaintiff’s class action asserts two claims: (1) violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2710; and (2) violation of the California Invasion of Privacy…