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Maker of web monitoring software can be sued, says court

Posted on August 18, 2016June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Grant Gross reports:

The maker of so-called spyware program WebWatcher can be sued for violating state and federal wiretap laws, a U.S. appeals court has ruled, in a case that may have broader implications for online monitoring software and software as a service.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected WebWatcher vendor Awareness Technologies’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the company. The appeals court overturned a lower court ruling granting the motion to dismiss.

The appeals court, in a 2-1 decision Tuesday, rejected Awareness’ claims that WebWatcher does not intercept communications in real time, in violation of the U.S. wiretap act, but instead allows users to review targets’ communications.

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