Lyft Inc. avoided a putative background screening class action
over alleged privacy violations on Spokeo grounds last
week.
In the putative class action, the plaintiff driver alleged that
Lyft failed to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it
included "extraneous information" in its FCRA disclosure.
In addition, the plaintiff claimed that Lyft failed to inform him,
at the time of the disclosures, that he had a right to request a
summary of his rights under the FCRA. Plaintiff claimed that the
inaccurate disclosures violated his privacy and statutory rights
under the FCRA.
In July, Lyft moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing that the
plaintiff lacked standing where he had alleged only bare statutory
violations. The District Court for the Northern District of
California granted the motion, finding that the plaintiff
did not meet the requirement showing his injury was concrete and
real under Spokeo, because he did not allege that he
suffered any real harm
