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"In Re: Facebook Privacy Litigation"

  1. June 29, 2016

    Facebook Beats Cert. Bid In Long-Running Privacy Class Suit

    Facebook Inc. defeated a class certification bid by a group of users who allege the company breached a privacy agreement by sharing their user information with third-party advertisers, according to an order in California federal court Wednesday.

  2. January 26, 2016

    Facebook Says Some Filings In Privacy Suit Are Top Secret

    Facebook on Monday urged a California federal judge to keep private certain portions of a class certification support brief filed by consumers accusing the social media giant of giving away their personal information without permission, saying it contained secret information about the company's business models and advertising procedures.

  3. January 21, 2016

    Consumers Say Facebook Can't Hide Behind Privacy Tools

    Consumers accusing Facebook Inc. of giving their personal information to advertisers without permission told a California federal judge on Wednesday that the company has no evidence to support its effort to block class certification by claiming that many users utilized privacy tools to prevent the transmission.

  4. December 10, 2015

    Facebook Rips Lack Of Evidence In Users' Privacy Suit

    Facebook told a California federal judge Wednesday that users accusing it of passing their personal information along to advertisers aren't entitled to class certification because after five years, they have no proof that even a single person's data was transmitted or used.

  5. December 07, 2015

    Facebook Continues Push To Toss Class Reps In Privacy Row

    Facebook doubled down on its argument that two users can't support their claims that the social networking site improperly gave their information to advertisers, urging a California federal court on Friday to dismiss the pair's proposed class action.

  6. November 16, 2015

    Users Slam Facebook's Bid To Eject Reps In Privacy Row

    A proposed class of Facebook users who claim the company sold their personal information to third parties hit back on Monday at the social media giant's bid to dismiss the two class representatives, saying Facebook's own evidence shows one of them has standing to sue.

  7. October 29, 2015

    Facebook Users Move For Class Cert. In Privacy Suit

    A proposed class of Facebook users suing the social media giant for allegedly sharing their user information with third-party advertisers asked a California judge to certify their class, saying Facebook's allegedly misleading privacy assurances, and subsequent breach of its privacy policy contract, are common injuries.

  8. September 21, 2015

    Facebook Says Lack Of Proof Dooms Privacy Suit

    Facebook Inc. urged a California federal court on Friday to dismiss a proposed class action over the company's use of individual consumer information, arguing neither named plaintiff is able to present evidence that login information was ever transmitted to a third party and used to identify them.

  9. June 11, 2015

    Facebook Must Provide User Data In Privacy Class Row

    A California federal judge on Thursday ordered Facebook Inc. to produce contact information and ad-click data for 5,000 users in a putative class action alleging the company improperly shared consumers' personal information with advertisers, saying there was no evidence plaintiffs were trying to "pull one over on the court."

  10. February 22, 2012

    Judge Won't Revive Suit Over Facebook's Data Sharing

    A California federal judge refused Tuesday to revive a claim in a defunct class action accusing Facebook Inc. of improperly sharing consumers' personal information with advertisers, saying the claim's dismissal did not hinge on the nature of the plaintiffs' communications with the company.

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