Facebook soon in the dock for scanning your private messages?

Facebook's message , it seems , are not as private as their name says . Social network is threatening a lawsuit for violating the rights of users to privacy for allegedly intercepting private messages and collecting data from them for the purpose of targeted advertising , so the dock could be found together with Google, which is the same practices already given by the fingers .

Matthew Campbell and Michael Hurley of the Monday filed a lawsuit against the social network for allegedly intercepting their private messages that are self contained URLs , it is said , " the purpose of which include , but are not limited to data extraction and user profiling ," in violation of so apparently the Electronic Communications Act ( Electronic Communications Privacy Act ) .

As the purpose of scanning the complaint stated " improving marketing algorithms and increase the possibility of profiting from data Facebook users ," reports the LA Times . Links that were allegedly followed the personal messages are counted as Laika the pages and used in the creation of the profile of the sender on the Internet for targeted advertising . In the practice of recording the respective link in the private messaging as likes , even last year warned the media The Hacker News , warning users that their messages are reviewed .

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of U.S. customers who send or receive private messages containing URLs , and since Facebook seeking to stop scanning private messages , but also to pay one hundred U.S. dollars in damages per user for each day in which this way violated the Law on Electronic Communications . Jackie Rooney , a spokeswoman for Facebook , briefly stated that the allegations were unfounded .

From September on the same court with a lawsuit carries and Google , the unauthorized access to the contents of emails sent through Gmail.