Facebook’s Discovery To Include Third-Party Data Use In Profile Data-Sharing Suit

Mealey's (November 2, 2020, 12:51 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Deeming the scope of discovery proposed by Facebook Inc. to be “restrictive” and “limited,” a California federal magistrate judge overseeing discovery in a consolidated class action over Facebook’s sharing of users’ profile data with third-party app developers issued an order on Oct. 29 directing the social network operator to produce data it shared related to users’ activity both on and off of its platform (In re Facebook Inc., Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, No. 18-md-2843, N.D. Calif.)....