{"id":249807,"date":"2026-05-19T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/grinnell-college-faces-class-action-lawsuit-alleging-privacy-violations\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:30:22","slug":"grinnell-college-faces-class-action-lawsuit-alleging-privacy-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/grinnell-college-faces-class-action-lawsuit-alleging-privacy-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Grinnell College faces class-action lawsuit alleging privacy violations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grinnell College faces class-action lawsuit alleging privacy violations<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/grinnell-college-faces-class-action-202820184.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-19 16:28:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against Iowa\u2019s Grinnell College, alleging the school \u201csecretly sells, shares and tracks\u201d data collected from users of its website.<\/p>\n

Attorneys for Eyal Hanfling, a resident of New York, are seeking class-action status for the civil lawsuit they have filed against Grinnell College in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit claims the private, liberal arts college operates a website through which users can apply for admission and financial aid, create and manage user accounts through college-related portals, and access educational, administrative, and support services.<\/p>\n

The website allegedly displays a \u201ccookie banner\u201d purporting to give users meaningful control over what data the site shares with third parties, with users informed that the site will not use cookies to track users unless they click a button marked, \u201cI Agree.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit claims that assurance is false. \u201cThe website begins placing and transmitting\u00a0cookies and other third-party tracking technologies capable of intercepting\u00a0and transmitting users\u2019 data, including communications, the moment users visit the website \u2014 before they can interact with the cookie banner,\u201d the lawsuit asserts.<\/p>\n

According to the lawsuit, the site\u2019s tools collect detailed information from users, including data entered into search fields, forms that are submitted, email addresses, and approximate geolocation information. The site then uses \u201ctools which transmit users\u2019 sensitive information to the advertising, social media, and analytics companies that designed and operate\u201d those same tools, such as TikTok, Meta, Google and Reddit, the lawsuit alleges.<\/p>\n

The cookie banner \u201cmisleads users about the use, sharing, and sale of their data,\u201d the lawsuit asserts, adding that the site \u201clulls users into a false sense of security, privacy, and control, while simultaneously enabling third parties to monitor, intercept, and transmit users\u2019…<\/p>\n

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