{"id":23,"case_number":"26CU023974C","date_filed":"2026-04-30","case_status":null,"is_class_action":false,"summary":"Invasion of privacy. Defendant secretly deployed spyware accesses the devices of visitors to its website, installed tracking software and surveilled their browsing habits. Defendant used \"pen register\" and \"trap and trace\" software to access plaintiff's device after plaintiff purchased golf clubs from defendant's website.","judge":null,"cipa_statutes":null,"statute_jurisdictions":null,"is_cipa":null,"technology":null,"plaintiff_text":"Juan Andres Gallo","raw_defendant_text":"Golfclubsdirect Inc. dba www.golfdirectnow.com","court_name":"San Diego County Superior Court","court_type":"State","state_code":"CA","state_name":"California","primary_industry":"Retail","secondary_industry":null,"plaintiff_attorney":"Evan Smith","plaintiff_firm":"Brodsky Smith","defendants":[{"id":1489,"canonical_name":"Golfclubsdirect","role":"primary"}],"classification":{"categories":[{"id":"pen_register","confidence":1.0,"source":"rule:pen_register@20260511T215654Z","rationale":"rules fired: summary_regex"},{"id":"copycat","confidence":0.9,"source":"llm:gemini-2.5-flash@20260511T215656Z","rationale":"Plaintiff firm has filed a high volume of CIPA cases (37 in 12 months), indicating a serial filing pattern."}],"high_caution":false,"max_caution_level":"safe"}}