The court dismissed a lawsuit against Facebook to spy on users by $ 15 billion – BBC

24.10.2015, 07:37

The court in California has rejected the claim on your Facebook the case of the surveillance of users by using cookies, tells Bloomberg .

Because of the materials that are registered in 2010-2011, users have agreed to the collection of information using cookies after leaving social network. That is, Facebook, in the opinion of the users did not need to collect the information at a time when they do not use social networking.

The judge agreed with the lawyers of the company and noted that the plaintiffs failed to prove any moral and material damage.

Members of the several states should review their claims before 30 November and present them to the court.

It is noted that the law provides for a fine of $ 100 for the violation of rights of privacy, the plaintiffs are based on data from 150 million involved in the incident users, ie the total amount of the fine could reach $ 15 billion.