Class-Action Lawsuit Claims Peloton Wiretaps, Eavesdrops on Customer Website Chats

Peloton Interactive Inc. violates California law by allowing third-party software to eavesdrop on conversations in its chat feature in order to use the data for financial gain without consumers’ consent, a Peloton class action lawsuit alleges.

Plaintiff Julie Jones filed the Peloton class action lawsuit June 9 in California federal court on behalf of herself and others in California who used the chat feature on the Peloton website and whose communications were eavesdropped on or recorded by a third party without prior consent.

Jones claims that Peloton has embedded a third-party’s code that enables the third party to secretly eavesdrop on, interpret, analyze, store, and utilize transcripts of Peloton website chat communications without consumers’ knowledge or consent.

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