Facebook Wins Dismissal of $15 Billion Users’ Privacy Suit
- Federal judge allows Facebook users to refile claims
- Users argue they never agreed to tracking after logging off
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Facebook Inc. won dismissal of a $15 billion lawsuit accusing the company of secretly tracking the Internet activity of its users after they log off.
U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila in San Jose, California, on Friday agreed with Facebook’s argument that case should be dismissed because subscribers didn’t specify how they were harmed. The judge, who took more than three years to issue his ruling after hearing arguments in the case, said the users could refile most of their claims in a revised lawsuit.