Facebook Users Oppose Dismissal Of Location-Data Collection Class Complaint

Mealey's (March 31, 2020, 8:26 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Maintaining that Facebook Inc. has engaged in “an egregious breach of their privacy” via “persistent, duplicitous, profit-driven collection and use” of their location data even when they opt out of such collection, four of the social network’s users filed a brief in California federal court on March 27, opposing Facebook’s motion to dismiss their putative privacy class claims (Brett Heeger, et al. v. Facebook Inc., No. 3:18-cv-06399, N.D. Calif.)....