Class action against Oracle's worldwide surveillance machine

The article discusses a class action lawsuit filed against Oracle Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by Dr. Johnny Ryan, Senior Fellow of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), and two other plaintiffs, Michael Katz-Lacabe and Dr. Jennifer Golbeck. The lawsuit alleges that Oracle has violated the privacy rights of billions of people worldwide by tracking their online activity, interests, political views, and physical movements, as well as coordinating a global trade in dossiers about people through the Oracle Data Marketplace. The plaintiffs claim that Oracle’s actions violate various federal and state laws, including the Federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Constitution of California, competition law, and the common law.