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Facebook will have to face a new lawsuit. And yes, the reason remains the same: using user data without consent.
A dynamic that this time affected some 100 million Instagram users. According to the lawsuit, Facebook collected, stored, and profited from this data. We tell you all the details.
Facebook collected and stored data without consent
This lawsuit was filed by a California state court, alleging that Facebook collected and stored biometric data from Instagram users, without consentAnd we already know that this is not the first time that Facebook has been under scrutiny for similar processes.
As mentioned in the report shared by Bloomberg, Facebook tried to reach a settlement in a previous lawsuit for collecting biometric data on its platform. His first offer was rejected by the judge, and his second, which consists of paying a total of 650 million dollars, is still under consideration.
In this new case, the lawsuit is in its early stages, so we will have to wait for the judge's resolution and Facebook's exposure. Under Illinois privacy law, the collection of biometric data without consent is prohibited, and those who violate it will have to pay a certain amount (ranging from $1,000 to $5,000) to each of those affected.
Remember that Mark Zuckerberg advocated a philosophy of transparency within the Facebook ecosystem at the beginning of the year, claiming that users would have full control over their data.As mentioned in the lawsuit, Facebook explicitly reported just this year that it was collecting biometric data from Instagram, among other practices that include user data.
An argument that will not be valid against the new lawsuit for collecting and using user data without consent.
