Facebook Sued For Violating Wiretap Laws

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 16, 2011 @11:46AM from the join-the-club dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Facebook is being sued in multiple states for tracking its users even after they logged out of the service. All the lawsuits allege the company violated federal wiretap laws. The most recent lawsuit, filed by a Mississippi woman, says: 'Leading up to September 23, 2011, Facebook tracked, collected, and stored its users’ wire or electronic communications, including but not limited to portions of their internet browsing history even when the users were not logged-in to Facebook. Plaintiff did not give consent or otherwise authorize Facebook to intercept, track, collect, and store her wire or electronic communications, including but not limited to her internet browsing history when not logged-in to Facebook.'"

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Re:Dumb Question by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-16 13:38 · Score: 0, Troll

"See the "Like" button?"
No, I don't. I've NEVER seen one. Not once.
Again, you do not HAVE to request this button. If you don't want it, don't ask for it to be transferred to your computer. It's that simple.
"Totally illegal."
Sure, whatever. So now sites sending you data that YOUR OWN BROWSER requests is illegal? Would you care to stop knee jerking and think a little bit?