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Should you get paid when websites record your mouse clicks? Here’s what a judge said

Posted on September 13, 2021June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Ron Hurtibise reports:

It looks like Florida internet users won’t be getting paid for visiting commercial websites that track their mouse clicks and keystrokes.

Activity tracking software used by wholesale club Costco did not violate a state law barring wiretapping because it doesn’t intercept any “content,” a federal judge in Fort Lauderdale has ruled. Similar lawsuits against owners of other merchant websites have been slapped down as well in recent months.

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