In a new class-action lawsuit, plaintiffs claim Facebook spied on users who relayed private health information on major cancer institutes’ websites in order to make profit off the data in advertising revenue. Courthouse News Service reports Winston Smith has sued Facebook, the American Cancer Society, the American Society of Oncology and five others alleging Facebook uses the private health data it takes from the medical institutes’ websites, which feature a secret “Facebook code” capable of transmitting users’ data to the social media site, to create targeted advertising campaigns. Meanwhile, Yahoo has settled a suit, agreeing to make technical changes to the way it handles email content.
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