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Lawsuit Against Facebook
Have you ever sent a link through Facebook using private messages? If so, you might be a part of a class action lawsuit against Facebook. A lawsuit filed in 2013 claims that everybody’s favorite social platform is scanning and storing Private Messages of its users in a Searchable Database.
Facebook is accused for scanning private messages. Private messages are private for a reason., but once again, Facebook is in trouble with law for disclosing private information belonging to its users. Matthew Campbell has teamed up with a few other Facebook users to file a lawsuit against Facebook in a US court. The lawsuit claims that the leader of the social networking industry may have violated the privacy laws set by the federal government. The plaintiffs claim that scanning private messages is not news for Facebook, it has become a part of their routine. Even though the company scans URLs for malware protection and keeps an eye to prohibit child pornography the plaintiffs claim that Facebook also uses personal data for advertising, marketing and other purposes. Moreover, they claim that not only does Facebook scan its users private messages, it also keeps them in a searchable database. By doing this Facebook is violating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act. Years have passed and the hearing is now certified as class action. Facebook claims that the scanned messages are kept completely private. The research of the plaintiffs proves the opposite. They have got a hold of the source code of Facebook which contradicts the claims of the social media giant. It shows that each URL that was sent in a private message is stored in a database which shows both the data, time, and the user IDs of the sender and the recipient. Moreover, the suit claims that every single Facebook employee can get their hands on user’s private information. That can be used for tracking down or identifying people.
Take precautions, be careful and remember that nothing is private on the web.
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