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Meta privacy class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Plaintiffs Gabriele Willis and Kerreisha Davis have filed a class action lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc.
- Why: Through its Facebook app, Meta allegedly intercepts, monitors and records private browsing activity without users’ consent.
- Where: The Meta class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.
Meta Platforms Inc., the operator of Facebook, has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging it intercepts, monitors, and records users’ browsing activity and communications without their consent.
Plaintiffs Gabriele Willis and Kerreisha Davis filed the Meta class action lawsuit, claiming that Meta tracked and intercepted their browsing activity and private communications with third-party websites without their knowledge or consent.
Willis and Davis claim they believed their communications, which allegedly include text entries, passwords, and other personally identifiable and confidential information, was private and would not be intercepted or tracked by Meta.
Meta has ‘track record’ of privacy violations, Meta class action says
The Meta class action lawsuit alleges that Facebook has a “track record of pursuing profit at the expense of its users’ privacy.” The plaintiffs claim Meta’s business strategy involves collecting ad revenue and engaging in data mining for profit.
Meta’s business model allegedly involves connecting advertisers with users’ data, which allows Meta to maximize profits by offering targeted advertisements.
“This business model, which depends on access to detailed information about its users, has led Meta to violate its users’ privacy rights over many years through its use of plug-ins, cookies, Facebook Beacon, the Facebook Like Button, Facebook Pixel, and other data mining tactics,” the Meta class action lawsuit says.
Meta class action says company injects JavaScript code to evade privacy restrictions and track users’ activities
When a Facebook app user clicks on a link to an external website, Meta reroutes the user to an in-app web browser instead of the device’s default web browser, which enables Meta to monitor the user’s interactions, the Meta class action lawsuit alleges.
The plaintiffs claim that Facebook began injecting JavaScript code into its in-app browsers to allow it to manipulate third-party websites and track users’ activities. The JavaScript code also allegedly enables Facebook to evade Apple iOS privacy restrictions that were implemented in April 2021 and required app makers to obtain users’ informed consent before tracking their outside activities.
Meta does not notify Facebook users about this tracking activity, which it also allegedly imposes on users who have opted out of being tracked, the plaintiffs say.
Another Meta class action lawsuit was filed recently with similar allegations that Meta uses the JavaScript injection as a workaround to evade Apple iOS privacy restrictions.
What do you think about the Meta class action lawsuit’s allegations that the company tracks users’ web activity without their consent? Join the discussion in the comments!
The plaintiffs are represented by Adam E. Polk, Jordan Elias, Simon S. Grille, and Kimberly Macey of Girard Sharp LLP.
The Meta privacy lclass action lawsuit is Gabriele Willis, et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc., Case No. 3:22-cv-05376, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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