Facebook, social networking site that just release IPO last Friday (5/18/2012) yesterday, faced lawsuits worth 15 billion U.S. dollars in federal court.
As reported by Bloomberg, in a joint indictment, a number of the account owner claims that Facebook social networking site has violated their privacy by tracking Internet usage by recording the activity of cookies, even after logout.
Class-action demands was filed to the Federal Court of San Jose, along with 21 other charges of privacy violations. The last case was filed on behalf of citizens of the United States that create Facebok account between May 2010 until September 2011.
Plaintiff lawyers are considering to bring Facebook users from abroad into the group of plaintiffs. In the lawsuit, Facebook accused of violating the Tracking America Act, which states the amount of compensation 100 dollars per day for each violation, up to a maximum of 10,000 dollars per Facebook user.
With more than 845 million users, Facebook could face charges totaling 15 billion dollars or more. Facebook spokesman, Andrew Noyes stated that the claim is unfounded and that Facebook would prepare a legal opposition.
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