Five people have filed a suit against Facebook, charging the social-networking company with violating California privacy laws and false advertising.
Facebook users assume that personal information and photos that they post on the site are shared only with authorized friends, the suit, filed in the Superior Court for California in Orange County, says. "Users may be unaware that data they submit ... may be extracted and then shared, stored, licensed or downloaded by other persons or third parties they have not expressly authorized," the suit reads.
Writing and photos that people share on the Internet are protected by law, so using that content without permission from the owner infringes on the creator's rights, the lawsuit alleges.
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Facebook users assume that personal information and photos that they post on the site are shared only with authorized friends, the suit, filed in the Superior Court for California in Orange County, says. "Users may be unaware that data they submit ... may be extracted and then shared, stored, licensed or downloaded by other persons or third parties they have not expressly authorized," the suit reads.
Writing and photos that people share on the Internet are protected by law, so using that content without permission from the owner infringes on the creator's rights, the lawsuit alleges.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/170402/
