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Meta Apple iOS privacy update class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Wayne Mitchell has filed a class action lawsuit against Meta Platforms.
- Why: Mitchell claims Meta is skirting Apple iOS privacy restrictions while allegedly unlawfully collecting Facebook users’ online activity.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.
Meta Platforms evades Apple iOS privacy restrictions while unlawfully tracking and storing Facebook users online activity, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Wayne Mitchell claims Meta programmed a JavaScript code that allowed it to track Facebook users communications and other online activity outside of the app, reports Law360.
Mitchell argues the company programmed the code after Apple updated to iOS 14 in April 2021 and began requiring app makers to obtain informed consent before being able to track the outside activity of their users.
Meta, however, uses the JavaScript code to covertly track Facebook users by making outgoing links direct them to Meta’s in-app browser, rather than the user’s default browser, the Meta class action alleges.
Meta accused of failing to inform Facebook users they were being tracked
Mitchell claims the company never informs Facebook users their activity is being tracked while allegedly secretly collecting information such as text messages, private health details and other personally identifiable and sensitive information.
Meta, meanwhile, collects the data as a way to get an advantage on its competitors and increase its revenue — with Mitchell arguing the company made 97% of through advertising last year — through the likes of targeted advertising, the class action alleges.
Mitchell wants to represent a nationwide class, a California subclass and an Apple iOS subclass of Facebook users and Facebook Messenger users who have had their online activity and communications covertly tracked by Meta.
Meta is accused of being guilty of unjust enrichment and invasion of privacy, and of violating the Federal Wiretap Act, along with California’s Unfair Competition Law and Invasion of Privacy Act.
A similar class action lawsuit was filed against Meta in August by a consumer alleging the company was collecting sensitive health data by allegedly embedding a tracking tool into the website for the University Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Have you had your online activity unlawfully collected and tracked by Facebook? Let us know in the comments!
The plaintiffs are represented by John J. Nelson of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC.
The Meta Apple iOS privacy update class action lawsuit is Mitchell v. Meta Platforms Inc., Case No. 4:22-cv-05267, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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71 thoughts onFacebook, Meta accused of using workaround on Apple iOS privacy update
YES ADD ME! ! EVEN THE GOVERNMENTS ARE STEALING OUR DATA AND INFO. WHAT ELSE CAN WE EXPECT OR TRUST. ITS TO LATE ALREADY ALL OUR INFORMATION IS ALREADY OUT THERE WHY PAY ALL THESE COMPANY FOR A SECURE KEY SITE… LOL HACKERS AND GOVERNMENTS ARE GOING TO STEAL, USE, KEEP, AND WATCH EVERY MOVE WE MAKE.. ADD ME TO ALL THEM LAW SUE…. I HAVE ALL OF THEM SITES AND EMAILS…
I need to fail a claim
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Yep, every time I look at something on google I get ads for it on Facebook. It happens all the time. It’s ridiculous! If the class action goes forward I want to be added to this!
I’ve contact fb numerous of times to let them know I had pages out there that had been hacked and iam the only one in the world that has a name like I have Eleandor but theres plenty of Eleanor’s out here and nothing has been done plus
I am getting all these aids if I search for something on fb
Eleandor. Contacting a Law firm (who gets paid if your lawsuit is Successful is an Avenue that is worth looking into…if you have Evidence of anything you can get it together before you Call .If you believe that you have issue,you might be right 👍.
I get all these ads when searching on FB.
Please add me.
Yes I always see ads after googled something
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I believe I have been a victim of wiretapping and invasion of privay by Facebook, who chaned their name. Why would they do that? Meta? Does it stand Meta data? Meta data collections? Like the comments before, I do believe they have intruded on my privacy. I also think the microphones are used to listen in to conversations, because even when I have not been on any Social Media Sites I will start to receive popups, ads and offers based on something I have talked to someone about. I think other sites also eavesdrop. I wonder if the millions of jobs that politicians claim to have created involve call centers who utilize our microphones to monitor us under the guise of, “keepng us safe”.
It’s really getting out of hand!!!!
I have iPhone 11 soon as I google something on Google or fb after I get ads n emails .I feeled something on fb about government assistance next thing I knew I had lawyer call me said it was a scammer n fraud ppl