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Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds | Lawyers hail jury’s "clear message" to Big Tech; Meta will fight verdict.
Lawyers hail jury’s “clear message” to Big Tech; Meta will fight verdict.
A federal jury found on Friday that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the state's wiretap law, by collecting data from a period-tracker app without user consent. Labaton Keller Sucharow, a law firm for the plaintiffs, said the "verdict sends a clear message about the protection of digital health data and the responsibilities of Big Tech. "Evidence also included messages among Meta employees that appeared to mock the nature of the data being collected, raising questions about the company's culture and attitude toward user privacy."
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