Judge lets Facebook privacy class action proceed, calls company's views 'so wrong'

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Judge lets Facebook privacy class action proceed, calls company's views 'so wrong'
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The judge rejects Facebook's arguments that users suffered no ‘tangible’ harm. FMTNews

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September 10, 2019 12:04 PM

While dismissing some claims, US District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said users could try to hold Facebook liable under various federal and state laws for letting app developers and business partners harvest their personal data without their consent on a “widespread” basis. The litigation followed a series of data privacy issues involving Menlo Park, California-based Facebook.

Chhabria faulted Facebook for treating privacy as an “all-or-nothing” proposition, where users would forfeit their privacy by sharing data even in a “limited” fashion.

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