Perplexity AI Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of surreptitiously sharing the personal information of its users with Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc. ’s Google in violation of California privacy laws. As soon as users log into Perplexity’s home page, trackers are downloaded onto their devices, giving Meta and Google full access to the conversations between them and Perplexity’s AI Machine search...
Perplexity AI Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of surreptitiously sharing the personal information of its users with Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc. ’s Google in violation of California privacy laws. As soon as users log into Perplexity’s home page, trackers are downloaded onto their devices, giving Meta and Google full access to the conversations between them and Perplexity’s AI Machine search engine, according to the proposed class-action complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco. This allows Meta and Google “to exploit this sensitive date for their own benefit, including targeting individuals with advertising and reselling their sensitive data to additional third parties,” according to the complaint. Users’ personal data is shared even when they sign up for Perplexity’s “Incognito” mode, according to the complaint. The suit was filed on behalf of an Utah man, identified only as John Doe, who seeks to represent a class of Perplexity users. According to the suit, the man shared information about his family’s finances, his tax obligations, his investment portfolio and strategies with Perplexity’s chatbot. Perplexity embedded “undetectable” tracking software into the search engine’s code that automatically transmits users’ conversations to Meta, Google and other third parties, according to the complaint. The lawsuit also targets Meta and Google, accusing them of violating federal and state computer privacy and fraud laws. A Meta spokesperson pointed to a Facebook help page which says it’s against the tech giant’s rules for advertisers to send the company sensitive information. “We have not been served any lawsuit that matches this description so we are unable to verify its existence or claims,” said Jesse Dwyer, a Perplexity spokesperson. Representatives of Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The case is Doe v. Perplexity AI Inc., 3:26-cv-02803, US District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).
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In this article @CL.1 @LCO.2 GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Smoke emanates from smokestacks from an oil refinery in Linden, New Jersey, on March 18, 2026. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Crude prices extended gains during Asia trading as escalating attacks in the Persian Gulf and U.S. President Donald Trump 's signals on exiting the Iran conflict, even as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed,keep markets on edge. Brent contract for June delivery was up 1.5% at $105.56 a barrel as of 9:50 ET — prices surged more than 60% in March, in their strongest ever monthly rally dating back to 1988, with the May contract settling about 5% higher on Tuesday at $118.35 per barrel. U.S. crude oil for May was up 1.5% at $102.92 a barrel, with prices soaring about 51% in March to clock West Texas Intermediate's best month since May 2020. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Brent crude prices The U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran has triggered a severe energy supply disruption since the war began on Feb. 28, stoking fears across the global economy that relies heavily on Middle Eastern oil. The war has effectively halted shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman that typically saw 20% of global oil flows before the war broke out. Trump said Tuesday evening stateside that he expected the U.S. military forces to leave Iran in "two or three weeks" and appeared to be declaring victory . "We leave because there's no reason for us to do this," Trump told reporters at the White House. "We'll be leaving very soon." Trump has also dismissed the idea of having to reach a negotiated deal to end the war, saying that "Iran doesn't have to make a deal ... it's a new regime. They are much more accessible." He also asserted that he had stopped Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon. Later in the day, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X that Trump will deliver a national address to ...