Privacy Groups Oppose Approval Of FTC’s $5 Billion Settlement With Facebook

Mealey's (October 21, 2019, 11:23 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even though the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has a still-pending motion to intervene in the $5 billion settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Facebook Inc. over certain data-sharing practices engaged in by the social network, the privacy group on Oct. 16 filed a new motion in District of Columbia federal court seeking to file an amicus curiae brief opposing the court’s approval of the settlement (United States v. Facebook Inc., No. 1:19-cv-02184, D. D.C.)....