A raft of class action lawsuits filed in Federal court charge the globe s biggest social networking firms with violating federal communications privacy laws, allowing advertisers to profit from personal information harvested from users. The suits are seeking monetary damages on behalf of potentially millions of users of Facebook, Google and game company Zynga. They allege that the users personal information has been leaked to advertisers and other unauthorized individuals, in violation of the companies privacy policies and a number of state and federal statues protecting the confidentiality of electronic communications.
Source: https://threatpost.com/class-action-suits-target-google-facebook-zynga-102810/74620/