Canadian Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Facebook Over Privacy Changes

In a lawsuit filed this week by Merchant Law Group based in Toronto, a class of Canadian users is accusing Facebook of changing its terms of service and users’ privacy settings without their consent.

Tony Merchant of Merchant Law Group said, “Facebook shamelessly breached the privacy of people who trusted it, is what this claim asserts.” There are currently around 200 people signed up to participate in the suit against the site, which alleges that Facebook acted with the knowledge that users would likely be unwilling to share the information that was made public when the privacy settings underwent a facelift a couple of months ago.