By SFGATE
Publication Date: 2026-04-01 19:37:00
A class action lawsuit against Perplexity was filed in a federal court in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. The suit alleges that the tracking tools embedded in Perplexity’s code sent user chat information directly to Google, LLC and Meta Platforms, Inc, even before it was seen by Perplexity. (Perplexity via Bay City News)
Perplexity via Bay City News
A massive 135-page lawsuit against artificial intelligence developer Perplexity AI Inc. landed in federal court in San Francisco on Tuesday.
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The class action suit claims that tracking tools embedded in Perplexity’s code sent user chat information directly to Google LLC and Meta Platforms Inc. even before it was seen by Perplexity. Google and Meta were also named as defendants.
The lawsuit alleges that the surreptitious tracking was not disclosed to Perplexity’s users and operated without their consent.
A request to Perplexity for comment was promptly acknowledged by Jesse Dwyer, the company’s chief communications officer, who said, “We have not been served any lawsuit that matches this description so we are unable to verify its existence or claims.”
John Doe, the unidentified plaintiff, alleges that the tracking occurred even if the user chatted with Perplexity in “incognito mode,” a feature that Perplexity claims creates “anonymous threads” that “won’t save to [the user’s] history and expire after 24 hours.”
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The complaint alleges that the tracking…
