Facebook Denies D.C.’s Consumer Protection Claims Over Protection Of Users’ Data

Mealey's (July 11, 2019, 10:24 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A week and a half after a District of Columbia Superior Court judge denied its motion to appeal a jurisdictional ruling in a consumer protection lawsuit brought by the district, Facebook Inc. filed its answer to the complaint July 8, denying any failures to protect the data of its social network’s users and asserting that the court lacks jurisdiction over it (District of Columbia v. Facebook Inc., No. 2018 CA 8715 B, D.C. Super.)....