| Lane vs. Facebook | |
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| Court | United States District Court for the Northern District of California |
| Full case name | Sean Lane, et al. vs. Facebook, Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Fandango Inc., Hotwire, Inc., STA Travel Inc., Overstock.com, Inc., Zappos.com, GameFly, Inc. |
| Decided | March 17, 2010 |
| Holding | |
| Settled under court order; Facebook shut down its Beacon Service and created a $9.5M privacy fund. | |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Richard G. Seeborg |
| Keywords | |
| internet privacy | |
Lane vs. Facebook was a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California regarding internet privacy and social media.[1] In December 2007, Facebook launched Beacon, which resulted in users' private information being posted on Facebook without the users' consent. Facebook ended up terminating the Beacon program and created a $9.5 million fund for privacy and security. There was no monetary compensation awarded to Facebook users affected negatively by the Beacon program.