Privacy Group Seeks To Intervene In FTC’s $5 Billion Facebook Privacy Settlement

Mealey's (July 29, 2019, 1:34 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two days after the Federal Trade Commission announced a $5 billion settlement with Facebook Inc. over its violation of a 2012 consent order settling privacy violations by the social network, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a motion to intervene in the matter on July 26, telling a District of Columbia federal court that the commission’s “proposed settlement fails to safeguard the interests of Facebook users” (United States v. Facebook Inc., No. 1:19-cv-02184, D. D.C.)....