[HIB]'Deceitful' Facebook hit with privacy lawsuit

A Canadian law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook, alleging the social networking company mishandled users' private information and breached their privacy.Merchant Law Group LLP filed the lawsuit on July 2 in Queen's Bench court in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The law firm, which has class-action lawsuits as a large part of its business, filed the suit on behalf of Donald J. Woligroski, a Winnipeg resident and a registered Facebook user, and other class action members for an unspecified amount of damages.The suit contends that Facebook subjected Woligroski to a breach of privacy and the misappropriation of his personal information. It also alleges that Facebook intentionally used his information for commercial purposes, calling the company's actions "malicious, deliberate, and oppressive".

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