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National Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Facebook Over "Instant Personalization" Privacy Concerns

Facebook is abusing personal information for private profit (Complaint Attached, PDF)

Contact: Peter N. Wasylyk

Providence, RI, May 22, 2010 – Derrick Rose of East Providence, Rhode Island has announced today that he has filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook over privacy concerns relating to Facebook’s “Instant Personalization,” a social network tool that allows third party websites to access users’ personal information when users visit on third party websites.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, alleges that Facebook’s “Instant Personalization” feature has violated users’ privacy rights and seeks to certify a national class of Facebook users.

“The activation of Instant Personalization and the sharing of information about users with unrelated third party websites violated users reasonable expectations of privacy”, the lawsuit claims.

“Social networking sites like Facebook are continuing to put profits over privacy and users are demanding control over the use of their personal information on the internet”, said Attorney Peter N. Wasylyk, Mr. Rose’s attorney.

Peter N. Wasylyk is a consumer rights attorney from the State of Rhode Island.

 
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Peter N. Wasylyk
 
 
Peter N. Wasylyk, Consumer Rights Attorney
 
Attorney Peter Wasylyk specializes in consumer rights law, serving as a plaintiffs' attorney in class-action suits against major banks, insurance companies, and manufacturers of defective products. Most famously, his 2005 settlement with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of RI over prescription drug price gouging forced the insurer to make pay-outs to more than 116,000 Rhode Islanders.
 
 
Ongoing actions include suits over unjustified credit card interest rate hikes, late-crediting of credit card payments, over-draft fees, and other forms of nickel-and-diming that have average Americans so justifiably irate at the banking industry.
 
 
Here's a sampling of press coverage of Peter's recent work:
 
    * Bernanke must answer for dark of night change in bank regs (Huffington Post)
    * Lawyer seeks class action for credit card rate lawsuits (LawCash.com)
    * Bitten by the ATM (Providence Journal)
    * Bank of America hit with class action suit over credit card fees and charges (GetOutOfDebt.org)
    * Bausch & Lomb facing multiple lawsuits (ConsumerAffairs.com)
    * Blue Cross to pay 1 in 10 in RI to settle lawsuits (Providence Journal)
    * Consumers irate over changes in "fixed" rates (BankRate.com)
 
 
Peter resides in Providence, RI.  He is a graduate of Providence College, and earned his JD from Suffolk Law School.  We welcome your input: Please feel free to be in touch with your questions and concerns.  
 
 
 
 
 
The Rhode Island Supreme Court licenses all lawyers in the general practice of law.  The Court does not license or certify any lawyers as an expert or specialist in any field of practice.
 
 
 
 
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