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Facebook wins preliminary approval in 'View As' data breach litigation

By Mike Swift
  • 16 Nov 2020 15:18
  • 16 Nov 2020 15:18
When Facebook announced in 2018 that hackers had exploited a software vulnerability to expose the personal information of tens of millions of users, regulators and politicians pounced on another data protection failure by the company just months after the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal broke.
“I want answers,” tweeted Rohit Chopra

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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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