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Case tracker · Data privacy & misuse

FTC v. Facebook, Inc. ($5 billion privacy settlement)

Data privacy & misuse

Settled

Settled Jul 24, 2019 ($5B)

AI system / company: Meta/Facebook
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Court / regulator: Federal Trade Commission / U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Status: Settled

What happened

The FTC imposed a record $5 billion penalty on Facebook to settle charges that it violated a 2012 FTC order by deceiving users about their ability to control the privacy of their personal information — a matter brought into focus by the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The settlement imposed sweeping new privacy restrictions, independent third-party assessments, and 20 years of compliance monitoring. It was the largest privacy penalty ever assessed by the U.S. government at the time.

About data privacy & misuse cases

Unauthorized harvesting, sharing, or misuse of personal data — from quiz-app scraping to deceptive privacy practices and regulatory privacy enforcement.

Sources

Attorneys who handle data privacy & misuse cases

Anand Kumar Chavakula
Maryland
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Benjamin Edwin Calpino
Florida
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Laurel LaMontagne
District of Columbia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Ross Q. Panko
District of Columbia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Peter Andrew Koziol
Florida
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Timothy B. Hyland
Virginia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Related cases

UK ICO v. Facebook (Cambridge Analytica fine) (Regulatory action)
FTC v. Cambridge Analytica, LLC (Regulatory action)

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