Privacy: Facebook and Court

privacy: More: Read Sean Fine profiles of the eight Supreme Court justices In Douez v, according to Globe and Mail. Facebook, a Vancouver woman is seeking to certify a class-action lawsuit against Facebook, saying the social-networking company violates users' privacy by putting users in advertisements without informing them. Six of the current eight judges were appointed by former prime minister Stephen Harper. Facebook argues that a user privacy settings give it implicit permission. The class action was certified by the B.C. Supreme Court, but Facebook won on appeal at the B.C. Court of Appeal. It also says California is the designated jurisdiction for the case, raising the question of whether B.C. courts have the authority to enforce the province privacy act to protect consumers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.