Consumers have long been concerned about privacy issues with Facebook, with controversies dating back as far as 2006, when ...

It is not the first lawsuit of its kind (there are suits in Kansas, Kentucky and Louisiana), and Facebook is not the only large company to be accused of violating visitors' privacy. But the issue ...

The $650 million settlement is one of the largest-ever from a privacy lawsuit in the US. The suit claimed Facebook violated an Illinois law prohibiting collection of biometric data without consent.

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the ...

"By any measure, the $650 million settlement in this biometric privacy ... privacy. Facebook did not immediately respond to The Chronicle's request for comment. The case stems from a lawsuit ...

Facebook‘s agreement to pay $650 million to settle class-action litigation alleging it violated users’ privacy via its photo-tagging feature — one of the biggest ever in a privacy lawsuit ...

A group of Facebook users filed a civil lawsuit Monday that alleges the social-networking site is violating California consumer privacy laws. The lawsuit, which was filed in California's Orange ...

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook seeking $15 billion in damages, or $10,000 per member, for violating the privacy of its members, according to the complaint. The action filed ...

Privacy litigation that’s being brought against Facebook by two not-for-profits in the Netherlands can go ahead, an Amsterdam court has ruled. The case will be ...

The unflattering portrait of Facebook's privacy practices emerged Tuesday in a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging that Facebook exposed details about users' lives without getting legally ...

enabling consumers to pursue privacy claims. An appeals court judge later issued a similar ruling in the Facebook case, denying the company’s bid to have the lawsuit dismissed. “Courts have ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without ...