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May 10, 2017
Facebook, Health Sites Shake Suit Over User Data Sharing
A California federal judge on Tuesday nixed a putative class action seeking to block several health websites from sharing individual Facebook users' browsing data with the social media giant, ruling that the plaintiffs had consented to Facebook's tracking activities and that the websites didn't have enough of a connection to the state.
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April 20, 2017
Facebook Users Fight To Stop Health Sites' Data Sharing
A proposed class of Facebook users urged a California federal judge Thursday to block health websites from sharing individual users' browsing data with the social media giant, saying the data exchange is an invasion of privacy and "the internet isn't going to break" if their request is granted.
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February 14, 2017
Health Sites Fight Facebook Users' Injunction Bid
A number of health care providers on Monday urged a California federal court to reject Facebook users' bid to force them to remove all Facebook source code from their websites, arguing that the move is a "thinly veiled and improper" effort to reply after dismissal arguments have been fully discussed.
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August 23, 2016
Facebook Says Health Site Data Collection Didn't Harm Users
Facebook and seven health care websites told a California federal court Monday that a proposed class of users alleging privacy violations weren't injured by the social media giant culling browsing data from the sites for advertisers, a practice Facebook says was properly disclosed and didn't involve any private health information.
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August 02, 2016
Facebook Users Claim Real Harm In Health Info Privacy Suit
A proposed class action of Facebook users accusing the social media giant and seven health websites of violating privacy laws by culling users' browsing data for advertisers fought back against a bid to toss the case Monday, telling a California federal judge that invasion of privacy is a real harm.
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July 01, 2016
Facebook, Health Websites Say Spokeo Nixes Privacy Suit
Facebook and seven health websites urged a California federal judge Thursday to toss a putative class action alleging Facebook's practice of culling users' browsing data for advertisers violates privacy laws, invoking the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Spokeo decision to argue any harm the websites caused wasn't "concrete and particularized."
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March 16, 2016
Facebook, Health Sites Hit With Privacy Suit Over Shared Data
Three Facebook users on Tuesday hit the social media giant and a slew of health care and hospital websites with a proposed class action in California federal court alleging that Facebook acquired and used their health-related communications with those sites without their knowledge or consent.