James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse, which houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in downtown Philadelphia, on April 3, 2021. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has reaffirmed its August decision reviving an online shopper’s claims that two companies violated Pennsylvania’s anti-wiretapping law by using a third-party marketing service to track her activities on a website.
According to the Oct. 18 opinion, plaintiff Ashley Popa used her iPhone to browse the website for Harriet Carter Gifts and added a set of pet stairs to her cart. Popa left the site without purchasing the stairs. But, without her knowledge, another company called NaviStone tracked her activities on the site.
