DOJ, Facebook Oppose Group’s Motion To Intervene In $5 Billion FTC Settlement

Mealey's (August 7, 2019, 10:14 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) lacks standing to intervene in a recently announced $5 billion settlement between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Facebook Inc. over certain data-sharing practices engaged in by the social network, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) argues in an Aug. 5 brief opposing the privacy group’s motion to intervene, which it calls “legally and procedurally infirm” (United States v. Facebook Inc., No. 1:19-cv-02184, D. D.C.)....