A Dallas Woman Faces Off Against Facebook (and Blockbuster) For Violation Her Privacy
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But Harris and two other Dallas residents aren't waiting around: On Friday in Dallas federal court, Harris, Marrio Herrera and Maryam Hosseiny filed a class action complaint against Facebook, claiming that it was engaged in a "civil conspiracy" with Blockbuster to allow interlopers access to a list of their latest video rentals. Because, see, these folks thought they'd rented their movies in private. But Blockbuster and Facebook -- using something called Beacon, which allowed for the third-party sharing of private info unless you opted out, except nobody knew they could opt out -- had other intentions. The entire complaint is after the jump. I don't think they'd mind me sharing it. Harris Et Al v Facebook
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