Litigation
Nov. 24, 2011
Judge dismisses privacy class actions against Facebook, Zynga
A San Francisco federal judge dismissed class actions Tuesday that claimed Facebook Inc. and Zynga Game Network Inc. violated users' privacy by transmitting personal information to advertisers without their consent.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A San Francisco federal judge dismissed class actions Tuesday that claimed Facebook Inc. and Zynga Game Network Inc. violated users' privacy by transmitting personal information to advertisers without their consent.
In the Facebook case, U.S. District Judge James Ware previously had tossed out a number of claims in May. In his ruling Tuesday, he agreed with the company's attorneys that the p...
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