[ NNSquad ] Facebook hit with $15 billion class action user tracking lawsuit

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Facebook hit with $15 billion class action user tracking lawsuit

http://j.mp/JTF0lI  (ZDNET)

   "Facebook is once again being sued for tracking its users even after
    they logout of the service. The latest class action lawsuit demands
    $15 billion from Facebook for violating federal wiretap laws."
 
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Whether or not this suit has merit depends (as far as I'm concerned)
on whether or not genuine privacy violations of import were going on,
and not just technical aberrations related to cookies. For a general
sense of my take on this kind of issue, please see: "Google, Safari,
and a Clamor of Cookie Confusion" - http://j.mp/xGZRcT  (Lauren's Blog).

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
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Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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