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Facebook and Cambridge Analytica hit with First State Lawsuit

posted by mrpg on Monday March 26 2018, @05:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the bring-popcorn dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Fnord666

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.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday March 26 2018, @10:41PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 26 2018, @10:41PM (#658684) Journal
    The lawsuit itself is suspicious. A county (I guess, people will have to agree to disagree on whether Cook County is a "Leftist" stronghold or not) sued without having either standing or damages. The private lawsuits make sense even when they do the same (greed is a great excuse for bad lawsuits). But why would a dinky county be involved? Someone's showboating.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:41AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:41AM (#658830)

    States suing businesses over fraud and consumer protection is NOT a new thing. How this surprises you and makes you suspicious is in itself suspicious.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:49AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:49AM (#658836) Journal

      States suing

      Didn't happen here. Cook County is not a state.