Facebook Directed To Provide Deposition Witnesses On Data Use, Monetization

Mealey's (December 14, 2020, 12:57 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Noting the need for guidance to properly tailor ongoing discovery in a consolidated class action over Facebook Inc.’s sharing of users’ profile data with third-party app developers, a California federal magistrate judge on Dec. 11 directed the social network operator to provide deposition witnesses on the topics of the collection and monetization of user data (In re Facebook Inc., Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, No. 18-md-2843, N.D. Calif.)....