US EditionCalifornia Jury Rules Meta Violated Privacy Law in Case Involving Period-Tracking App
CALIFORNIA, AUG 7 – A federal jury found Meta liable for violating California privacy laws by collecting sensitive menstrual data from over 3.7 million Flo app users without consent for ad targeting.
- A California jury found that Meta illegally collected user health data from the Flo period-tracking app, violating the state's wiretap law.
- The lawsuit claimed that Flo and Meta allowed the eavesdropping on sensitive user data without consent from November 2016 to February 2019.
- While damages are pending, violations under California's Invasion of Privacy Act could lead to a $5,000 penalty per user, affecting millions of Flo users.
- Meta intends to appeal the verdict, asserting that the plaintiffs' claims against the company are false.
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Meta accessed women’s health data from Flo app without consent, says court
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