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Facebook Faces Class Action Lawsuit For.....
Facebook Faces Class Action Lawsuit For Alleged Interception Of Private Messages To Provide Data To Marketers.
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has become the latest Internet company to be sued by users for intercepting private messages and sharing the data with marketers for profit.
A lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claims that Facebook systematically scans users’ private messages and reads URLs shared through messages by intentionally intercepting electronic communications, adding that, by doing so the social networking giant has violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and California's privacy laws.
"Representing to users that the content of Facebook messages is "private" creates an especially profitable opportunity for Facebook," the complaint said, adding that by giving an impression that its free message service is free from surveillance, Facebook is misleading its users into giving information that they might not have shared if it was known that they would be intercepted.
“This practice is not done to facilitate the transmission of users’ communications via Facebook, but because it enables Facebook to mine user data and profit from those data by sharing them with third parties – namely, advertisers, marketers, and other data aggregators,” the complaint stated.
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has become the latest Internet company to be sued by users for intercepting private messages and sharing the data with marketers for profit.
A lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claims that Facebook systematically scans users’ private messages and reads URLs shared through messages by intentionally intercepting electronic communications, adding that, by doing so the social networking giant has violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and California's privacy laws.
"Representing to users that the content of Facebook messages is "private" creates an especially profitable opportunity for Facebook," the complaint said, adding that by giving an impression that its free message service is free from surveillance, Facebook is misleading its users into giving information that they might not have shared if it was known that they would be intercepted.
“This practice is not done to facilitate the transmission of users’ communications via Facebook, but because it enables Facebook to mine user data and profit from those data by sharing them with third parties – namely, advertisers, marketers, and other data aggregators,” the complaint stated.
#Exclusive: Skype Twitter Account hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Yes, Microsoft is the latest victim of the Syrian Electronic Army. The official twitter account of Skype has been hijacked by Syrian Hackers to post a tweet about Spying.
"Don't use Microsoft emails(hotmail,outlook),They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the.
governments.http://blogs.skype.com/2014/01/01/dont-use-microsoft-emails-hotmailoutlook-they-are-monitoring-your-accounts-and-selling-the-data-to-the-governments/ " The hacker tweeted from the skype account.
The group managed to post an article at this location "blogs.skype.com/2014/01/01/dont-use-microsoft-emails-hotmailoutlook-they-are-monitoring-your-accounts-and-selling-the-data-to-the-governments/". The article title and body says the same content which is posted in the tweet that not to use Microsoft email services as they are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to governments. *Update: The Article has been removed from the page and Skype regained access to their twitter account.
"Don't use Microsoft emails(hotmail,outlook),They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the.
governments.http://blogs.skype.com/2014/01/01/dont-use-microsoft-emails-hotmailoutlook-they-are-monitoring-your-accounts-and-selling-the-data-to-the-governments/ " The hacker tweeted from the skype account.
The hacker also leaked the US Executive CEO of Microsoft in a tweet saying "You can thank Microsoft for monitoring your accounts/emails using this details".
An Exclusive screenshot provided to E Hacking News shows that hackers break into the Skype Wordpress blog as well as in Social media dashboard account.
It appears the hackers have hijacked the account of "Shana pearlman" who is Content Marketing Manager at Skype.
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Social Media Dashboard of Skype
Skype Wordpress
The group managed to post an article at this location "blogs.skype.com/2014/01/01/dont-use-microsoft-emails-hotmailoutlook-they-are-monitoring-your-accounts-and-selling-the-data-to-the-governments/". The article title and body says the same content which is posted in the tweet that not to use Microsoft email services as they are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to governments. *Update: The Article has been removed from the page and Skype regained access to their twitter account.
