Posted on 03/22/2021 12:54:04 PM PDT by Twotone
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Facebook that requested the court intervene in a $15 billion class-action lawsuit alleging the firm illegally tracked the online activities of its users when they are not on the platform, thereby violating the federal Wiretap Act law.
“Facebook’s user profiles would allegedly reveal an individual’s likes, dislikes, interests, and habits over a significant amount of time, without affording users a meaningful opportunity to control or prevent the unauthorized exploration of their private lives,” the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a ruling (pdf) last year, saying that Facebook users suffered a clear invasion of privacy.
The “Plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged a clear invasion of the historically recognized right to privacy,” the court ruled at the time. “Therefore, Plaintiffs have standing to pursue their privacy claims under the Wiretap Act, [the Stored Communications Act], and [the Children’s Internet Protection Act], as well as their claims for breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.”
On Monday, the Supreme Court denied Facebook’s appeal, meaning the suit can go forward.
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Ping.
Only 15 billion? I think we’re all getting comfortable with TRILLION now that Biden is spending money.
That’s about 1/2 a year’s profit for the company, and about 10% of their liquid assets on hand.
They’ll just take it out of Petty Cash. No biggie.
Haha!
Would like to be part of that class action
I guess they couldn’t buy ALL of the SCOTUS this time.
That's what your personal privacy is worth these days. A couple bucks. *SPIT*
Good call on the Supreme’s part. Too bad they chickened out on anything to do with the theft of the 2020 election. They’re still a bunch of cowards. I was in favor of Kavanaugh, but I have to admit, when he cried on tv, he looked like a 12 year old wimp, which, so far, he seems to be. Next time Trump gets to be president, I hope he gets some real, honest, CONSERVATIVE advisors.
SCOTUS justices at home that night: “Hey, what gives? I can’t use my email, my Excel and Word files are empty, I’m off Twitter and now I can’t even have access to the internet. I must have hit a wrong button signing on. And the phone banking just made a mistake and said I have no money in any account. What a bad day.”
I don't forgive or forget that.
Wrist slap wink and a nod.
Wrist slap wink and a nod.
That's a blood-letting haircut that could tank the stock for quite a stretch if FB has to fork it over in a judgment. Lots of investors would lose a lot of money, and lots of FB employees--and also some company officers--would be let go.
It is also essentially a meaningless number. $15 billion is the amount the plaintiffs are asking for. Their lawyers can put just about any number they want in the complaint, and it doesn’t mean the case is actually worth anything approaching that amount.
Majority of award and damage monies will go the lawyers.
Each plaintiff will get pennies or a coupon.
Curious why they aren’t suing Apple and Samsung and Google for allowing these tracking apps to function on their device. If you illegally wiretap someone, doesn’t the guy who installed the wire also get a charge?
Is the FBI a party to this suit?
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