Plaintiff Alleges Privacy Violations Against Technology Company Over Unauthorized Data Sharing

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Juan Carlos has filed a legal complaint against Lumisol, Inc., alleging serious privacy violations that could impact how businesses handle user data online. The complaint was submitted to the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara County on February 4, 2026, targeting Lumisol, Inc. for allegedly breaching multiple California privacy laws.

The lawsuit centers around Lumisol’s use of Meta’s tracking pixels on their website, which Juan Carlos claims were configured to transmit user data to Meta without prior consent. According to the complaint, these pixels collected and sent metadata such as page URLs and browser identifiers to Meta upon a user’s first visit to the site. Juan Carlos asserts that this practice violates several state laws, including the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA), and California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL). “Defendants recorded and transmitted such information at first-load without a court order or prior consent,” states the complaint.

The plaintiff argues that Lumisol’s actions amount to unauthorized interception of communications between users and their website. On January 26, 2026, Juan Carlos visited Lumisol’s website from Orange County and discovered through technical evidence that his browser was transmitting data to Meta before any consent mechanism was presented. This led him to file the lawsuit, seeking both statutory damages and injunctive relief.

Juan Carlos is asking for $5,000 per violation under CIPA along with compensatory damages under CDAFA. He also seeks restitution under UCL for what he describes as unfair business practices by Lumisol. Additionally, he requests an injunction requiring Lumisol to implement effective prior-consent mechanisms on their website and delete any data collected without user consent. “Plaintiff would not have permitted Meta Pixel transmissions had a meaningful choice been offered before the transmissions occurred,” he argues in his filing.

Representing Juan Carlos is attorney Yao Mou from Mou Law PC. The case has been assigned Case No. 26CV486092 in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.

Source: 26CV486092_Juan_Carlos_v_Lumisol_Complaint_County_of_Santa_Clarapdf.pdf


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