Meta accused of breaking the law by secretly tracking iPhone users
"When users click on a link within the Facebook app, Meta automatically directs them to the in-app browser it is monitoring instead of the smartphone’s default browser, without telling users that this is happening or they are being tracked," the complaint says.
"The user information Meta intercepts, monitors and records includes personally identifiable information, private health details, text entries, and other sensitive confidential facts." Confronted last month with Krause's findings, Meta insisted its code injection was done to respect its users' privacy choices .
"We intentionally developed this code to honor people's App Tracking Transparency choices on our platforms," a Meta spokesperson toldlast month."The code allows us to aggregate data before it is used for targeted advertising or measurement purposes."We do not add pixels to websites.
"Meta’s injection of JavaScript coincides with recent privacy updates for iPhones and other iOS devices," the complaint contends, pointing to the 2021 introduction of iOS 14.5 and its data-denying App Tracking Transparency framework.The legal salvo makes much of how Meta waged a public relations campaign in an unsuccessful effort to undo ATT on the grounds it would harm small businesses that rely on the social ad biz's data-driven ads.
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