Kaplan Fox is court-appointed co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in this digital privacy class action, challenging Facebook’s former practice of secretly tracking the web browsing of its users, even after they logged out. The class action complaint alleged that the tracking constituted illegal wiretapping and violated other privacy laws, until researchers reported the practice and Facebook quickly stopped. On October 5, 2012, the Court heard oral arguments on Facebook’s motion to dismiss, and the case is now in discovery.

See Bloomberg News’ report on the case.

Case

In re: Facebook Internet Tracking Litigation, No. 5:12-MD-02314-EJD

Court

Northern District of California

Class

All persons who had active Facebook accounts and used Facebook between May 27, 2010 and September 26, 2011

Attorneys

• Frederic S. Fox
• Laurence D. King
• Linda M. Fong
• David A. Straite
• Mario M. Choi

Case Documents

First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint