Bloomberg Law
Nov. 9, 2018, 5:56 PM UTC

Facebook May Face 100M Euro Lawsuit Over Privacy Breach

Daniel R. Stoller
Daniel R. Stoller
Senior Legal Editor

A French nongovernmental organization wants Facebook Inc. to pay 100 million euros ($113 million) and fix any problems stemming from recent data security incidents and privacy breaches.

The Internet Society of France, a public interest group that advocates for online rights, sent a formal notice to Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp, warning that it’ll launch an EU-based group action if the company doesn’t secure user personal data effectively.

The threat of a group action is the latest in what’s been a legally murky year for Facebook, which has faced host of privacy and security issues from the Cambridge ...

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