Zynga Facebook Games Class Action Lawsuit Investigation
If you use the popular social networking site Facebook, you have likely played such games as Farmville or Mafia Wars. These games are actually operated by a company called Zynga. These games include:
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FarmVille Fashion Wars FishVille FrontierVille Mafia Wars PathWords PetVille Pirates |
Poker Blitz Scramble Special Forces Street Racing Treasure Isle Vampire Wars WarStorm WordTwist YouVille Zynga Poker |
According to a recent class action lawsuit, Zynga allegedly collected the Facebook data of its 218 million users and shared it with advertisers and data brokers in violation of federal law and Zynga's contract with Facebook. The class action seeks monetary relief for those whose data was wrongly shared, and injunctive relief to prevent continued privacy abuses.
The class-action lawsuit comes on the heels of an investigation into data handling practices by The Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported that Facebook applications were transmitting Facebook User IDs (UIDs) to advertisers and Internet tracking firms. UIDs are unique numbers assigned to each Facebook account. The UID could be used to find a person's public profile page on Facebook and discover their real name and any public profile information. The Journal named Zynga games including Farmville, and Frontierville among the Facebook applications transmitting user data to third parties.
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The Law Firm of Audet & Partners is currently investigating this case, and would like to talk to people who have used Zynga games on Facebook. If you are a Facebook user, and use any Zynga game, including Farmville, and Frontierville, please contact our law firm to discuss your legal rights.
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