'This Verdict Is a Wake-Up Call:' Jury Trial Finds Meta Breached State Privacy Law in Class Action Against Fertility App | Law.com (www.law.com)
from spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 19:10
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littlebigendian@lemmy.zip on 08 Aug 19:38 next collapse

Water is wet

NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 19:38 next collapse

I have questions…

What was Meta’s defense for a social media site to need sensitive sexual and reproductive health data?

And if Flo was UK based, surely that data should have been covered by GDPR. How was Meta a partner with legitimate interest to PII data?

spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works on 08 Aug 20:01 collapse

Meta’s done worse: hipaajournal.com/meta-facing-scrutiny-over-use-of…

Meta Pixel is a snippet of JavaScript code that can be used by website owners for tracking user activity through the use of cookies.

The problem is the data collected via this code snippet may be sent to Meta, and may include patients’ protected health information. Meta is not a business associate of HIPAA-covered entities, and under HIPAA compliance rules, any data transmitted to Meta would require patient consent to be a HIPAA compliant website.

Criminal and civil judgements are dwarfed by the huge profits generated by the violation of privacy laws. Shareholders and C-Suites don’t care where the money is coming from as long as it keeps coming.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 20:06 next collapse

Yeah yeah, they sold pregnancy data to Texas who arrested women and killed others, blah blah so what just fine them 10 billion or 300 dollars or whatever the fuck THEY DON’T CARE. They’ll make it back by the time they do it again fifteen minutes later.

They laugh at courts. And well they should, our “justice” system is a goddamned joke.

kalkulat@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 07:00 next collapse

Now, instead of a fine, someBODY needs to get jail-time. Time to cut out the fine-repeat, fine-repeat cycle. To hell with ‘corporate responsibility’, hang the punishment on real heads.

SomeBODY KNEW what they were getting out of it. SomeBODY needs to pay.

Akasazh@feddit.nl on 09 Aug 17:10 next collapse

Who will actually wake up, though?

Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca on 09 Aug 18:01 next collapse

The child rapist trump will make the case go away and give them a medal is what will really happen.

spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works on 09 Aug 18:22 collapse

And Maga will cheer for a 3rd term.

Keyboard@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 11:23 collapse

Meta and meta mess again