Meta Found Guilty of Violating California Privacy Laws by Collecting Flo Users' Menstrual Data
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Summary
A California jury ruled that Meta violated state privacy laws by collecting menstrual health data from Flo app users without consent, using it for ad-tracking purposes. The class-action suit represents millions of users who accused Meta and Flo of breaching the California Invasion of Privacy Act.
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The plaintiffs, claiming to represent millions of Flo users, had accused Flo and Meta of collecting private health data, like their period dates and fertility goals, via Flo’s app without permission.
The tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users’ consent and used it for ad-tracking purposes.
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