Lawsuitsby GlyphUnited States v. Twitter (account security data for ads) privacy case
Brought by
United States of America
v.
Defendants
The FTC and DOJ alleged Twitter used phone numbers and email addresses collected for account security to target ads, violating a 2011 FTC order.
The case
- Court
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- Docket
- 3:22-cv-03070
- Filed
- May 25, 2022
- Status
- Settled
- Outcome
- Twitter agreed to pay a USD 150 million penalty and stop profiting from deceptively collected data.
- Amount
- $150 million
History
4 dated entriesORDER by Judge Thomas S. Hixson denying 17 Motion for Protective OrderSource
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson: Motion Hearings held on 11/16/2023 at 11:00 a.m., in Courtroom E, 15th FloorSource
ORDER by Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson: The Clerk of Court is directed to remove the document at ECF No. 58 from the docket. (This is a text-only entry generated by the courtSource
Complaint filed: United States v. Twitter, Inc.Source
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United States v. Twitter, Inc.
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