The question in this case was not whether “Flash cookies” tracked users, but whether the plaintiffs\u00a0 “can allege that they were injured by them,” Wu wrote.<\/p>\n
The suit was filed following a 2009 study that found that nearly 50 percent of major websites were tracking folks using the technology.<\/p>\n
Scott Kamber, the plaintiffs’ lawyer, told Reuters they’d be back with a new filing:<\/p>\n
Given the fact that the other Flash cookie cases have settled for millions of dollars for precisely the same conduct, plaintiffs here are confident we can successfully plead our case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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