pet products , especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any surfaces exposed to these products ,” the recall says .
Healthy people infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms : nausea , vomiting , diarrhea or bloody diarrhea , abdominal cramping and fever . Pets with Salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea , fever , and vomiting . Some pets will have only decreased appetite , fever , and abdominal pain .
“ If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms , please contact your veterinarian ,” the recall says .
The products were distributed between Jan . 3 and Jan . 24 , primarily in retail stores located in Virginia , Maryland , Pennsylvania , Connecticut , Massachusetts , New York , Tennessee and Rhode Island .
Consumers who have purchased the recalled dog food are “ urged to return it ” to the place of purchase or destroy the food in a way that children , pets , and wildlife cannot access .
Meanwhile , Blue Ridge Beef is recalling hundreds of bags of its Kitten Mix after discovering that one lot of the product is contaminated with Salmonella .
LinkedIn class action claims company disclosed private messages to train AI
A new class action lawsuit alleges LinkedIn unlawfully disclosed its premium customers ’ private messages to third parties to train generative artificial intelligence models .
Plaintiff Alessandro De La Torre ’ s class action lawsuit , filed Jan . 21 , claims LinkedIn disclosed sensitive information from its customers ’ messages about employment , intellectual property , compensation and other personal matters .
He claims that LinkedIn breached its contracts with Premium customers , who paid for subscriptions that promised heightened privacy protections .
“ Plaintiff and members of the putative Class are Premium LinkedIn customers whose private messages were disclosed to third parties ,” the class action says . “ They were not notified beforehand , did not consent to these disclosures , and their contracts were breached .”
De La Torre argues LinkedIn has not remedied the situation since the allegations were made public .
“ LinkedIn has not offered to delete the data from the existing AI models or retrain them to eliminate their reliance on the disclosed information ,” the LinkedIn class action says .
As a result , De La Torre wants to represent a nationwide class of all LinkedIn premium customers who sent or received InMail messages and whose private communications were disclosed by LinkedIn with third-party entities for AI training purposes prior to Sept . 18 ,
2024 .
The LinkedIn class action lawsuit claims the company is guilty of breach of contract and violations of the Stored Communications Act and California ’ s Unfair Competition Law .
De La Torre demands a jury trial and requests declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of statutory damages of $ 1,000 per person , plus actual damages , costs and attorneys ’ fees .
In January , a California federal judge threw out a class action lawsuit that claims LinkedIn unlawfully tracked the activities of members who visited the California Department of Motor Vehicles website to apply for , renew or check the status of a disability placard .
Influencer and content creator commission theft class action lawsuit investigation
Influencers and affiliate marketers rely on a system called “ last-click attribution ” to track purchases made through their referral links , ensuring they receive proper commissions . However , a growing number of content creators are alleging that certain shopping extensions are interfering with this process — effectively “ stealing ” their commissions .
The following shopping extensions have been accused of hijacking referral links and redirecting commissions to themselves :
Capital One Shopping Microsoft Shopping PayPal Honey
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