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Facebook Faces 2nd UK Class Action Lawsuit over Data Harvesting Scandal Facebook is facing a second London High Court class action over allegations it failed to protect the personal details of about one million people in England and Wales, in the latest lawsuit to spring from a scandal over data harvesting. Journalist and writer Peter Jukes said on Tuesday he had filed a lawsuit for unspecified but “substantial” damages three years after the social media giant was fined in Britain over how third-party app “This Is Your Digital Life” gathered Facebook users’ data without consent betw...

Facebook is set to face a lawsuit for allegedly ’losing control’ of the data of around a million users in the UK.

Social media giant Facebook is being sued for "losing control" of the data of around one million users in England and Wales.

Updated: February 10, 2021 11:47 IST The lawsuit is the second to allege Facebook allowed third-party apps to harvest the data of friends without their permission or knowledge Share Article AAA U.S.-style "opt-out" data privacy class actions, which bind a defined group automatically into a lawsuit unless individuals opt out, are still unusual in Britain.   | Photo Credit: Reuters The lawsuit is the second to allege Facebook allowed third-party apps to harvest the data of friends without their permission or knowledge (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tec...

The claim has been filed with the High Court in London and alleges Facebook allowed an app to access the personal information of users without their consent.