#Facebook sued losing control users update#

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Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account “It’s truly a wake-up call for internet and advertising companies who collect user data and use advanced browser tracking,” Stephen Grygiel, one of the lead attorneys representing the class members, said in a statement about the settlement. The settlement applies to US Facebook users who had an account between April 22, 2010, and September 26, 2011, and who visited non-Facebook websites that displayed the “Like” button, a list that included everything from Pandora to ESPN.Īs part of the settlement, Meta agreed to delete the user data it collected through this practice. Facebook appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case, opening the door for the parties to begin negotiating the settlement. Plaintiffs appealed the dismissal and in 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit partly reversed the decision. In 2017, after the plaintiffs had submitted a third updated complaint, a judge granted Facebook’s motion to dismiss the case. The class members in the case accused the company of breach of contract. After the issue was publicized in 2011, Facebook initially defended the practice but later issued a fix and clarified its policies. However, researchers found that Facebook continued to collect some identifying cookies on users’ internet activity even after they logged out of the platform, contrary to its promise. To alleviate privacy concerns, the company said at the time that it would not collect user-identifying cookies about a user’s activity on partner websites while they were logged out of Facebook. The “Like” button plug-in also allowed Facebook to gather data, using cookies, about users’ activity on that site - including, for example, what sites they visit, items they viewed or purchased, and communications they had with that site - regardless of whether the user actually used the button or even knew it was there, according to court documents. As part of the update, the company launched a “Like” button plug-in on sites across the internet, which users could hit to highlight their interests to their Facebook networks.

#Facebook sued losing control users update#

The case, filed in 2012, dates back to a 2010 update by Facebook called “Open Graph,” which was designed to give users’ friends a closer look at their activity and interests across the internet. Amy Osborne/AFP/Getty Imagesįacebook has successfully overhauled its business before.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduces the new Oculus Quest as he delivers the opening keynote at the Facebook F8 Conference at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California on April 30, 2019.