On March 7, 2018, a Pennsylvania federal court allowed a putative class action against a rent-to-own retailer to move forward. A Wyoming couple alleged that the retailer installed spyware on its rented laptops that captured personal identifiable information as well as conversations and computer screenshots. The district court judge recognized that the couple may have a valid claim under an invasion of privacy tort theory.

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