In re Yahoo Mail Litigation

*1020 ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

This case involves putative class action claims regarding Defendant Yahoo!, Inc.’s (‘Yahoo”) practice of scanning and analyzing emails of non-Yahoo Mad users in purported violation of federal and California anti-wiretapping laws. Plaintiffs Cody Baker, Brian Pincus, Halima Nobles, and Rebecca Abrams, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated (“Plaintiffs”), allege that Yahoo’s operation of its Yahoo Mail service violates their expectation of privacy under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), and the California Constitution. Plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Class Action Complaint on February 12, 2014. ECF No. 35 (“Compl.”). Before the Court is Yahoo’s Motion to Dismiss. ECF No. 37 (“Mot.”). Pursuant to Civil Local Rule T — 1(b), the Court finds this matter appropriate for resolution without a hearing and hereby VACATES the hearing set for August 29, 2014. The Case Management Conference set for August 29, 2014 at 10 a.m. remains as set. For the reasons stated below, the Court DENIES in part and GRANTS in part Yahoo’s Motion to…