Facebook Sued For Violating Privacy, U.S. Wiretap Laws
A class-action lawsuit alleges that Facebook violated federal wiretap statutes by tracking people's Internet browser history even when they are not logged in.
A class-action lawsuit alleges that Facebook violated federal wiretap statutes by tracking people’s Internet browser history even when they are not logged in.
The use of cookies, a tracking script left in your history when you visit a site, isn’t uncommon in the web world, but from a legal standpoint, they aren’t supposed to track your history once you leave a website. But that’s what Facebook’s trackers appear to be doing.
The 17-page complaint, which also alleges breach of contract, unjust enrichment, trespassing and invasion of privacy, claims that Facebook has been tracking, collecting, and storing users’ electronic communications, including — but not limited to — portions of Internet browsing history even when a user wasn’t logged into the social network.
The intention is to gather the information of other users who think their data may have been compromised and to present the case to the courts as a class action suit.
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