F500 Tech & Semiconductors · Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components · Structural / no discrete incident
Nvidia
Headline
Nvidia was named in October 2025 in a 'broken banner' tracking-consent action - the allegation being that a cookie banner presented choices that did not actually govern what the site did, so a user who declined…
Not independently verified. Verification status: Unverified - heuristic first draft. Publish state: draft unverified.
Nvidia was named in October 2025 in a 'broken banner' tracking-consent action - the allegation being that a cookie banner presented choices that did not actually govern what the site did, so a user who declined tracking was tracked anyway. That is a category worth naming precisely because it inverts the entire consent model: the interface exists, the button works, and the outcome is unchanged. Nvidia is otherwise a chip designer with minimal direct consumer data relationship - its consumer touchpoint is GeForce Experience and driver software, which does collect telemetry. Allegations, not findings; in May 2026 the court granted Nvidia's motion to compel individual arbitration and stayed the case, finding the plaintiff had notice of the terms linked from the cookie banner.
- Severity
- Evidence tierUnassigned
- Claims confirmed
- Last verified2026-08-04
Primary source. None recorded — Unverified - heuristic first draft.
Terms
Arbitration
Not independently confirmed this pass — standard binding arbitration + class action waiver expected for individual consumer GeForce/software account agreements.
Data sharing
Named in an October 2025 proposed class action (Penning v. Nvidia Corp., N.D. Cal.) as facing a NEAR-IDENTICAL 'broken banner' tracking-consent lawsuit to the one documented for Dollar Tree elsewhere in this tracker (F500 Consumer Goods & Food tab) — alleging Nvidia's website continued tracking visitors even after they clicked to reject advertising cookies through a consent banner.
Fees and billing
Not itemized this pass.
Contacts
Privacy contact. Not recorded.
Legal notice. Not verified this pass. If publicly traded: SEC Form 10-K cover page gives the official corporate address; the Secretary of State business-entity search in the state of incorporation gives the registered agent, which must accept service. If private: the state registered agent is usually the only reliable route.
Mailing address. Not recorded.
Evidence
No claims have been itemized for this row yet.
No sources are on file for this row yet.
Source vault
Link status: Candidate - not yet fetched
| Document | Last fetch | |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy policy nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/privacy-policy/ | Not fetched yet | NO (HTML only) |
| Terms of service nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/privacy-policy-legacy/ | Not fetched yet | NO (HTML only) |
| Website No URL recorded | Not fetched yet | — |
| Primary source No URL recorded Verification: Unverified - heuristic first draft | Not fetched yet | — |
Enforcement
No enforcement actions are linked to this row.
State statute
No HQ state on file, so no state statute applies by headquarters.