Hunt
Hunt v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JUSTIN HUNT, Case No. 23-cv-04953-PCP
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING H&R BLOCK’S
v. MOTION TO COMPEL
ARBITRATION
META PLATFORMS, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 86 Defendants.
12 In this putative consumer class action, plaintiff Justin Hunt alleges that his sensitive tax return information was improperly transmitted to Facebook and Google when he used H&R Block’s online service to file his taxes. He brings this action against HRB Tax Group, Inc. and HRB Digital LLC (collectively “H&R Block”), as well as Meta Platforms, Inc. and Google, LLC. H&R Block has moved to compel arbitration under the terms of its Online Services Agreement. H&R Block’s motion is granted for the reasons that follow. I. Background Mr. Hunt used H&R Block’s online service to file his taxes from 2018 to 2023. Compl., Dkt. No. 36 ¶ 10. He alleges that H&R Block transmitted sensitive tax return information to Meta and Google through the use of tracking tools…