Meta Found Guilty of Violating California Privacy Laws
A jury rules Meta violated privacy laws by collecting Flo users’ menstrual health data without consent.
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Meta Found Guilty of Violating California Privacy Laws Meta Privacy Violation: Jury Finds Meta Guilty of Collecting Flo Users’ Health Data Privacy concerns surrounding tech giants have once again come into sharp focus following a California jury’s recent verdict. At the center of the controversy is a meta privacy violation case involving menstrual tracking app Flo. Millions of users unknowingly had their sensitive health information, including period cycles and fertility data, shared with Meta for ad-tracking purposes — without their consent. This landmark ruling not only holds Meta accountable but also sparks fresh discussions about how personal health data is managed in the digital era. Image Credits:Hollie Adams/Bloomberg / Getty Images Understanding the Meta Privacy Violation Case The class-action lawsuit, first filed in 2021, accused Meta of breaching the California Invasion of Privacy Act by collecting deeply personal reproductive health data from users of Flo. Plaintiffs argued that this information — such as menstrual cycles, ovulatio…
