NewzLinkedIn has successfully defeated two lawsuits regarding its practice of scanning users' browser extensions. A judge granted the Microsoft subsidiary's motion to dismiss the cases after determining that the plaintiffs failed to adequately allege legal standing to sue.
The litigation centered on allegations that LinkedIn scanned users' Chrome extensions. However, the court found that neither of the suing users asserted that they actually had the browser extensions in question, leading to the dismissal of the complaints.
This legal victory protects the Microsoft-owned professional networking platform from liability in these specific privacy-related challenges concerning its browser-monitoring practices.
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