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# Licea v. Globecast America

The tentative ruling distinguishes the CIPA pleading from computer-access and privacy claims. It would sustain the CIPA demurrer with leave to amend while allowing other claims to proceed.

Los Angeles Superior Court · CIPA and CDAFA

- Case record
- What this record establishes
- Checks for your own systems
- Sources and limits

## Case record

| Fact | Record |
| --- | --- |
| Authority or court | Los Angeles Superior Court |
| Law or issue | CIPA and CDAFA |
| Case number | 23STCV16165 |
| Procedural record | Tentative: CIPA pleading rejected with leave to amend; other privacy claims survive |
| Tentative ruling | 7 February 2024 |
| Source reviewed | 16 October 2026 |

[Court tentative ruling (mirror)](https://rulings.law/rulings/judge-upinder-s-kalra/23stcv16165-2024-02-07.html)

## What this record establishes

The source is a court’s tentative text mirrored by rulings.law. This record does not establish whether the court adopted or changed it at the hearing, and does not establish the current docket status. A tentative pleading decision evaluates allegations; it is not a finding that tracking occurred or that a party broke the law. This trial-court text is not binding appellate precedent.

## Checks for your own systems

Inth’s technical interpretation: use this case to choose what evidence to collect in your own implementation. These checks are not instructions issued by the court or regulator.

- Map every session-replay and chat vendor, including embedded frames and server relays.
- Compare what the site receives with what each vendor can receive, read, retain and use independently.
- Record the consent state and the timing of each captured message or field.

> **Limits of technical evidence**
> A browser capture can show a transfer. It cannot establish every server operation, the terms of a contract or whether a law applies. Compare observed behaviour with the relevant disclosures and legal assessment.

## Sources and limits

[Court tentative ruling (mirror)](https://rulings.law/rulings/judge-upinder-s-kalra/23stcv16165-2024-02-07.html)

Source review: 16 October 2026. This record covers the cited source and procedural stage. It does not audit the organisation’s present implementation or establish every later legal development.

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