Standing on established privacy laws, three AOL subscribers are striking back at their Internet service provider after they discovered records of their online searches had been distributed across the Internet. Two unnamed Californians and Kasadore Ramkisson of Richmond County, N.Y., filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified financial damages on Friday in the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif. The trio, who are seeking class action status, are also seeking to stop AOL from retaining search-related data.
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AOL Customers Strike Back With Lawsuit
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire September 26, 2006 03:01 PMStanding on established privacy laws, three AOL subscribers are striking back at their Internet service provider after they discovered records of their online searches had been distributed across the Internet. Two unnamed Californians and Kasadore Ramkisson of Richmond County, N.Y., filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified financial damages on Friday in the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif. The trio, who are seeking class action status, are also seeking to stop AOL from retaining search-related data.