By Press Association 2021
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A mass legal action has been launched on behalf of at least one million UK Facebook users over claims that the social media giant failed to protect their personal data.
The representative claim has been filed with the High Court in London and alleges that Facebook allowed a third-party app to access the personal information of users without their knowledge or consent between November 2013 and May 2015.
It is claimed the social network’s settings permitted the app, called This Is Your Digital Life, to harvest the personal information of not only the users of the app, but also their Facebook friends.
Journalist sues Facebook over loss of control of personal data
A claim has been filed against Facebook in the High Court of Justice regarding a loss of control over his and the personal data of around one million other affected Facebook users in England and Wales.
The claim, brought about by journalist and writer Peter Jukes, is a consumer representative action brought on behalf of affected Facebook users who allege Facebook failed to protect their personal data between November 2013 and May 2015.
Between 2013 and 2015, Facebook allowed a third-party app called ‘This is Your Digital Life’ to access the personal information of users who downloaded the app, and the personal information of their Facebook friends.
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Data protection claim filed in London against social media giant for its alleged failure to give at least one million users in England and Wales meaningful control over their personal data
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Journalist and writer Peter Jukes is suing Facebook for a loss of control over his personal data, as part of a class action claim on behalf of about one million users of the social media website.
Jukes claims that between November 2013 and May 2015, Facebook allowed a third-party app called This Is Your Digital Life to access not only the personal information of users who downloaded the app, but also that of their Facebook friends, without their knowledge or consent.