CNN Loses Bid To Dismiss Claim That Its Website Tracks User Data For Advertisers

( April 20, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge denied Cable News Network’s (CNN) motion to dismiss a proposed class action alleging unlawful web tracking under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), holding that the website user who brought the case plausibly alleged a concrete privacy injury where third-party trackers collected and linked user data to identifiable profiles sold to advertisers, and that such tracking technologies are not exempt from liability at the pleading stage....