FanDuel is facing allegations of violating California privacy laws through the use of TikTok's tracking software on its website.

A lawsuit filed on July 30th in the US District Court for the Central District of California claims FanDuel installed this software to identify and monitor website visitors.

From Next.io:

This software allegedly uses a process called “fingerprinting?to collect data about otherwise anonymous website visitors and match it with existing data TikTok has accumulated about millions of Americans.

The complaint said the FanDuel website instantly sends communications to TikTok when a user lands or clicks on a page.

According to the lawsuit, the TikTok software begins collecting information as soon as a user lands on FanDuel’s website, even before they can interact with any cookie consent banners.

The lawsuit said: “[Users] are never informed that the website is collaborating with the Chinese government to obtain their phone number and other identifying information.?br />
The complaint claims this violates California’s Trap and Trace Law, which prohibits the use of devices or processes that capture electronic data to identify the source of communications without court order or user consent
Read more here: https://next.io/news/technology/fand...-class-action/