Align rejects the developer Pokemon Go, a judge of a consumer privacy policy on the application of the request.
Judge Meenu Sasser court number 15 in Florida county ruled on Tuesday that the residents of Palm Beach County David Beckman can not continue its case against Niantic - a spin-off Google - because it was not alleged behavior Pokemon go injuries.
Beckman argued in its complaint that the conditions of service Pokémon Go violated the law on consumer protection Florida, prohibits the practice deceptive and unfair business.
He filed a lawsuit last July, a few days after the publication of the popular reality game extended to the players using their mobile phones to "capture" Pokemon includes characters.
His complaint was largely based on Pokemon Go Privacy allegedly allowed to collect a lot of data for consumption, the company - including your search queries and places. Beckman also said that Pokémon Go excessively reserved the right to suspend user access at any time, which could deprive people of the value of virtual goods or currencies.
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Pokémon Go Sasser asked to dismiss the complaint, arguing that Beckman lacked "standing" to continue because it was not damaged. The company said that the allegations Beckman "fear of injury or speculative future" over - including the possibility that your account is terminated or misuse of information - not justify a lawsuit.
Sasser accepted this argument. "The plaintiff has no actual harm suffered alleged," he wrote. "For example, the applicant has not claimed that the actual virtual goods or virtual money had accused plaintiff without compensation or actually unilaterally terminate your account Pokémon Go".
He also ruled that Beckman could not make claims that violate Pokémon Go Florida law because the conditions of the service application that provides disputes to be decided under California law.
When Beckman was the complaint withdrew the complaint to the Privacy Policy, the check - in part, because researchers found that the application asked for permission to iPhone - stored users access their accounts Gmail, contacts and other information in the cloud Google and. (Niantic said that the application is the result of a technical problem, and that the application is only available user ID and e-mail addresses of people.)
Privacy issues have attracted attention in Congress, with Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) to ask to answer the company questions about privacy, including the reasons for data collection and whether data can be passed on to third parties.
Niantic has replied that the application data on the positions of the players, mobile operating systems, devices and hardware - stores ID. The company also said it sometimes third parties used to analyze the collected data, but do not sell user data.
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