A federal judge has allowed a proposed class action to proceed over claims that an online retailer and a data collection company violated Pennsylvania’s Wiretap Act when they collected customers’ personal information.

U.S. District Judge William Stickman of the Western District of Pennsylvania on Dec. 6 ruled that a class action plaintiff represented by Gary Lynch of Carlson Lynch in Pittsburgh may take discovery on claims that the companies had intercepted information, including names, street addresses and email addresses, in violation of the wiretap statute while browsing a retail website.