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Intellectual Property

Apr. 14, 2020

Facebook, LinkedIn named in new Zoom privacy class action

Facebook and LinkedIn are targeted as co-defendants in a new privacy class action filed against Zoom Media Communications in the Central District of California on Monday. Facebook and LinkedIn are accused of eavesdropping on video meetings to collect profile details for targeted business advertisements.

Facebook Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. secretly listened in on Zoom video conferences to collect data to sell to advertising clients, according to a class action filed Monday.

“Zoom’s conduct constituted unfair practices in violation of the Unfair Competition Law because the practices and acts were immoral, unethical, oppressive, unscrupulous and substantially injurious to plaintiff and class members, and violated established public polic...

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