Summary Box: Actress sues Amazon for revealing age

Published October 19, 2011 by
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THE DISPUTE: An actress is suing Amazon.com Inc. for revealing her age on its Internet Movie Database website and refusing to remove the reference when asked. She claims it’s more difficult to get acting jobs because her age is known.

ANONYMOUS: The actress is not named in the lawsuit filed Thursday in a federal court in Seattle. The lawsuit says she lives in Texas and is of Asian descent and has an Americanized stage name.

DAMAGES SOUGHT: The lawsuit seeks $75,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.

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