Washington v. Flixbus, Inc.

BACKGROUND

24 In this putative class action, Defendant Flixbux, Inc. is a passenger bus 25 transportation company and Plaintiff Charles Washington is an individual who used 26 Defendant’s website to book a bus ticket. (Compl., Doc. No 1 ¶¶ 2, 7.) 27 Travelers can book bus tickets using Defendant’s website, www.flixbus.com. 28 (Compl., Doc. No 1 ¶¶ 2, 32.) Defendant integrates the “Facebook Tracking Pixel” into its website. (Compl., Doc. No 1 ¶ 2.) The Facebook Tracking Pixel is one of Meta Platforms, Inc.’s (“Facebook”) business tools, which are “bits of code that advertisers can integrate into their website, mobile applications, and servers, thereby enabling Facebook to intercept and collect user activity on those platforms.” (Compl., Doc. No 1 ¶¶ 27, 29.) When a user accesses a website that integrates the Facebook Tracking Pixel, Facebook’s software script directs the user’s browser to send a separate message to Facebook’s servers containing certain data the Pixel is configured to collect. (Compl., Doc. No 1 ¶ 29.) The Pixel uses cookies to pair event data like dates and locations of travel with personally…