Security Boulevard August 24, 2022

Guess who’s getting sued again!

This summer, Meta is facing renewed criticism of how it manages, and often violates, personal privacy online. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and many others, is facing a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of California over its collection of personal data through its webpage marketing integrations. As reported in the HIPAA Journal reported on August 1, 2022:

The lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of California on behalf of plaintiff, Jane Doe. The lawsuit alleges Meta and its companies, including Facebook, have been collecting the sensitive health data of millions of patients without obtaining express consent and have used the information to serve individuals with targeted advertisements.

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