Hazel

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 VALERIE TORRES and RHONDA Case No. 22-cv-07465 (CRB)

HYMAN, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v.

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC.,

ACTIVEPROSPECT, INC., AND

ASSURANCE IQ, LLC.,

13 Defendants. 14 This action is the latest in a line of cases challenging the use of third-party software to record website visitor activity without their knowledge. Plaintiffs sue Defendants ActiveProspect, Prudential Financial, and Assurance IQ, alleging that ActiveProspect violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act by intercepting, recording, and storing real- time interactions with a webform on Prudential’s website without consent. Plaintiffs further allege that Prudential and Assurance violated CIPA by employing ActiveProspect and embedding its software services on the Prudential website without proper disclosure to website users. Defendants move for summary judgment on the basis that there is no genuine dispute of material fact as to whether ActiveProspect read…