Mealey's (December 7, 2018, 12:30 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Because users of Facebook Inc. agreed to its privacy policies, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 6 found that three of the social network’s users who sued it for privacy violations for collecting their health-related information consented to Facebook’s data-collection practices, affirming dismissal of their claims (Winston Smith, et al. v. Facebook Inc., No. 17-16206, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 34397)....