Jury rules Meta violated California privacy laws by quietly collecting Flo users menstrual health data | TechCrunch

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- A California jury found Meta in violation of state user privacy laws in a class-action suit brought by users of period tracking app Flo.
- The lawsuit also named Meta, Google, and ad analytics companies AppsFlyer and Flurry as defendants, though Google settled the case in July, and Flo did so earlier this month.
- The plaintiffs, claiming to represent millions of Flo users, had accused Flo and Meta of collecting private health data, like their period dates and fertility goals, via Flo’s app without permission.
A California jury has found Meta in violation of state user privacy laws in a classaction suit brought by users of period tracking app, Flo, who alleged that the tech giant collected private menstru [+1510 chars]