Facebook user Lauren Price sued Facebook and Cambridge Analytica for improperly gathering and using personal data of millions of users without permission

Briefing

March 29, 2018

Briefing	Lauren Price vs. Facebook – Facebook user Lauren Price sued Facebook and Cambridge Analytica for improperly gathering data from 50 million users without authorization through Facebook app survey, which Cambridge Analytica used to target ads during 2016 presidential elections Alleged Facebook Negligence – Claims Facebook knew about Cambridge Analytica’s practice for two years but failed to stop it Proposed Class Action – Proposed class action lawsuit filed on behalf of all U.S. Facebook users at U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, seeking unspecified damages Investor Lawsuit – Investor Fan Yuan also filed lawsuit against Facebook on behalf of investors, claiming company made “misleading statements” and failed to disclose details about third parties accessing data
Accelerator	Content Creation, Sharing and Consumption
Market Disruption	Privacy and Security
Sector	Information Technology
Organization	Cambridge Analytica, Facebook Inc.
Source	Tacopino, J., "Facebook user sues over data breach scandal", New York Post, http://nypost.com/; Kelly, H., "Facebook user sues over Cambridge Analytica data scandal", CNN, http://www.cnn.com/; Connellan, M., "US Facebook user sues over Cambridge Analytica data scandal", SBS News, https://www.sbs.com.au/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	March 21, 2018

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