Oracle, the software giant newly responsible for reviewing TikTok’s algorithms, is facing a class-action lawsuit that alleges a stunning level of consumer privacy violations. The lengthy complaint was filed in the Northern District of California late last week.
The complaint details how Oracle’s regular day-to-day business practices “amount to the deliberate and purposeful surveillance of the general population via their digital and online existence.” It focuses on the sale of this data to third-party companies — a practice the plaintiffs allege is excessive.
