LinkedIn Sued Over Access to Clipboard Data

Social networking company LinkedIn was hit with a class-action complaint alleging that it engaged in “a particularly brazen, indefensible privacy violation” by accessing material from Apple devices.

The allegations appear to stem from a report earlier this month by developer Don Morton, who tweeted that Microsoft’s LinkedIn was copying the clipboards on his iPad and MacBook.

Source: LinkedIn Sued Over ‘Brazen’ Privacy Breach 07/13/2020