The California consumer who sued Shopify Inc. and two corporate relatives is resisting dismissal, arguing that Shopify needs to answer for its alleged surreptitious collection of shoppers’ financial data.“Given the lengths to which Defendants have exploited consumer data, it should come as no surprise that they launch a litany of defenses,” Wednesday’s opposition says.
Therein, the shopper reiterates assertions that Shopify, which operates an e-commerce platform providing payment processing services to millions of online merchants, secretly tracks and collects details about consumers’ financial transactions. Further, the consumer argues that Shopify amalgamates those details into profiles then shares the information with their own merchants and third parties. The defendants reportedly facilitate this underhanded data collection by “concealing their presence on merchants’ websites with embedded software.”
The opposition, filed in the Northern District of California, comes in response to the three Shopify entities’ separately submitted motions to dismiss the second amended complaint last month.
This week’s filing contends that the court has personal jurisdiction over Shopify Payments (USA) Inc., a Delaware incorporated and headquartered company, contrary to Shopify’s arguments otherwise. The consumer also argues that he has provided sufficient notice of the suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 and grouping the defendants is appropriate.
Too, the opposition bolsters the plaintiff’s various claims, including those brought under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL), and for common law intrusion upon seclusion. With regard to his CIPA causes of action, the plaintiff explains why he has satisfied the elements of those claims.
For example, the litigant presses that the defendants unlawfully intercepted his communication with the merchant through whom he purchased goods online. “Shopify Payment admits that it handles ‘payment data transmission,’” meaning it “intercepted a communication while it was in transit,” in violation of CIPA provisions, the opposition explains.
The motion hearing is scheduled for April 28 before Judge Phyllis Hamilton.
The plaintiff is represented by Gutride Safier LLP and the Shopify entities by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
起诉 Shopify Inc. 和两名企业亲属的加州消费者拒绝解雇，认为 Shopify 需要为其所谓的秘密收集购物者财务数据的行为负责。令他们惊讶的是，他们发起了一连串的防御，”周三的反对派说。
购物者在其中重申，Shopify 是一个为数百万在线商家提供支付处理服务的电子商务平台，它秘密跟踪和收集有关消费者金融交易的详细信息。此外，消费者认为 Shopify 将这些详细信息合并到个人资料中，然后与他们自己的商家和第三方共享信息。据报道，被告通过“使用嵌入式软件隐藏他们在商家网站上的存在”来促进这种不正当的数据收集。
在加利福尼亚州北区提出的反对意见是对三个 Shopify 实体上个月分别提交的驳回第二次修正投诉的动议的回应。
本周提交的文件称，法院对 Shopify Payments (USA) Inc. 拥有属人管辖权，该公司是一家在特拉华州注册成立的总部公司，与 Shopify 在其他方面的论点相反。消费者还辩称，他已根据联邦民事诉讼规则 8 提供了足够的诉讼通知，并将被告分组是适当的。
同样，反对派支持了原告的各种主张，包括根据《加利福尼亚侵犯隐私法》（CIPA）、《加利福尼亚不正当竞争法》（UCL）以及普通法侵犯隔离提出的主张。关于他的 CIPA 诉讼理由，原告解释了他为什么满足这些索赔的要素。
例如，诉讼人强调被告非法拦截了他与通过其在线购买商品的商家的通信。反对派解释说：“Shopify Payment 承认它处理‘支付数据传输’”，这意味着它“在传输过程中拦截了通信”，这违反了 CIPA 的规定。
动议听证会定于 4 月 28 日在菲利斯·汉密尔顿法官面前举行。
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