In another significant Internet law case, a B.C. woman’s class action lawsuit against Facebook seeks damages for violating Canadians’ privacy in online advertising. Facebook argues people consent to use of their name and image when they sign up, and the global giant disputes that Canadian courts have jurisdiction over these questions.
Facebook Inc. defeated a bid for a group lawsuit claiming the company illegally gave its users’ personal information to advertisers, with a judge ruling the plaintiffs didn’t have enough in common to pursue a class action. Facebook users accused the social network of “automatically and surreptitiously” disclosing to advertisers information about them when they clicked on ads. …
Per Bloomberg news, Facebook Inc. (FB – Analyst Report) has crushed a bid for a class action lawsuit that accused the social media company of “automatically and surreptitiously” giving advertisers access to personal information of its users. Users claimed that Facebook gave away details like usage of website to advertisers when they clicked on the ads, undermining Facebook’s own “explicit …
An atheist group and a Tennessee sheriff have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the latter’s Easter-themed message on Facebook this March, the Cleveland [Tenn.] Banner reported on Friday. The plaintiffs will be paid $15,000 in damages and their attorneys will recoup $26,000 in legal fees, paid out by a lawsuit-insurance fund paid into by local taxpayers, the newspaper noted. The …
Court documents show Facebook has agreed to allow users to request refunds of in-app purchases made by minors as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit was brought in 2012 by two children and their parents. It claimed the children racked up hundreds of dollars in purchases of Facebook Credits, a since-discontinued currency used by the site.
The families of victims of Hamas sued Facebook for $1 billion, saying the company allowed Hamas to use the social media outlet to plan attacks. The lawsuit, filed Sunday in U.S. District Court in New York, alleges Facebook “knowingly provided material support and resources to Hamas, a notorious terrorist organization that has engaged in and continues to commit terror …
Handing a victory to Facebook, a federal judge has ruled that the company won’t have to face a class-action lawsuit for allegedly violating its privacy policy by “leaking” people’s personal information to advertisers. U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Whyte said this week that class-action treatment isn’t appropriate because “individualized questions will predominate” in the dispute. Most of …
A click-bait website with more than 2 million likes on Facebook used Billy Graham’s name and likeness to get clicks, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association filed suit against the operator of the website GodToday.com. The owner is “clandestine” and identified in court documents as “John …
Israel’s Central District Court has approved a $400 million privacy class-action suit against Facebook, ruling that the company’s terms-of-use requirement for all lawsuits to be heard in California was invalid, Haaretz reports. The suit alleged that the company both breached privacy protocols by targeting advertisements based off of users’ private posts, and failed to register its database in …
A class-action lawsuit against Facebook with major ramifications for privacy in Internet communications moved one step closer to trial, Courthouse News Service reports. The case, which claims Facebook illegally mines private messages for advertising, would be the first to claim users have property rights in their Facebook messages. Chief U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton partially certified …