Class action lawsuits targeting pixels and other tracking technologies are showing no signs of slowing, and while most of these cases have focused on website tracking tech and California’s wiretapping law, there has been a more recent surge of cases in Arizona alleging violations of Arizona Telephone, Utility, and Communication Service Records Act A.R.S. § 44-1376 et seq. (the “Arizona Law”) based on email pixel tracking. As we previously reported, a few cases focused on tracking pixels in emails popped up late last year, based both on the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and the Arizona Law, and a new group of these cases has recently been filed accusing several companies, including Target, Gap, Lowe’s and Salesforce of embedding “spy pixels” in marketing emails in violation of the Arizona Law.

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