Jackson v. Fandom, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LUCINDA JACKSON, Case No. 22-cv-04423-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

FANDOM, INC., Re: ECF No. 20 Defendant.

12 Before the Court is Defendant Fandom, Inc.’s motion to dismiss. ECF No. 20. The Court will deny the motion. I. BACKGROUND1 Plaintiff Lucinda Jackson is a registered user of Fandom, a gaming and entertainment website. ECF No. 11 ¶¶ 19, 28. To create an account with Fandom, Jackson provided personally identifiable information (“PII”), including her name and email address. Id. ¶ 20. Fandom hosts prerecorded video content, which Jackson has viewed. Id. ¶ 29. Jackson is also a registered user of social media networks Facebook and Instagram, which she accesses on the same device and browser as she uses to access Fandom. Id. ¶¶ 21-24. Unbeknownst to Jackson, Fandom transmits users’ viewing information to Meta Platforms, Inc. using a tracking tool called the Meta…