Delta gets sued by California for mobile app privacy violations
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The California AG was also considering suing United, but didn't, so looks like it complied and Delta didn't in time. At $2,500 per app violation, it could rack up a hefty fine on this one.
California sued Delta Airlines Inc. on Thursday, alleging the Atlanta-based company is breaking state law by not warning users that the airline is collecting sensitive information each time customers contact the company on its "Fly Delta" mobile application.
Attorney General Kamala Harris filed the suit in San Francisco Superior Court in the first legal test of the state's 8-year-old Online Privacy Protection Act.
California is the only state with such a law, w
