Federal Judge Remands Spyware Case vs. Mandry to Los Angeles Superior Court

U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton for Central California in Los Angeles remanded plaintiff Dana Hughes’ privacy complaint against Mandry Technology Solutions to Los Angeles County Superior Court because its diversity jurisdiction’s $75,000 amount-in-controversy requirement wasn’t satisfied, said the judge’s signed order Thursday (docket 2:23-cv-09502). Hughes alleges that Mandry, a supplier of IT, cybersecurity and cloud strategy enterprise services, “secretly installed” spyware on its website from third-party Lead Forensics (see 2311120003). She alleges the spyware allowed Mandry to “de-anonymize every anonymous visitor to the site” so that it knew each visitor's name, face, location, email and browsing history.