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Facebook and Cambridge Analytica are already dealing with numerous private lawsuits over non-consensual data sharing, but they now have to grapple with a state-level lawsuit. Illinois' Cook County has filed a lawsuit against both companies accusing them of violating the state's Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Cambridge Analytica allegedly broke the law by misrepresenting its "thisisyourdigitallife" app as an academic research tool when it was really meant to harvest personal data against Facebook's agreements. Facebook, meanwhile, was accused of falsely promising to protect user data and doing nothing to stop Cambridge Analytica for years after learning of its behavior.
Source: Facebook and Cambridge Analytica hit with first state lawsuit
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Justin Case on Monday March 26 2018, @05:10PM (2 children)
An ounce of justice in a sea of slime? Good start but...
This was not a data breach. This was everything operating as designed. The only shock is the people who didn't see this coming.
I see surveys: do you still trust farcebook?
What??!!! How did you ever trust them?
And no, switching to a different drug dealer is not the answer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @08:47PM (1 child)
^^^ This. I learned my lesson when I switched from USENET to MySpace. Luckily I didn't make the same mistake twice.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @11:29PM
So you're still on MySpace?