Facebook Takes Legal Action Against Data Scrapers

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In a lawsuit filed in Portugal, Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ireland seek permanent injunction against the two for violation of the social media platform’s terms of service and Portugal’s Database Protection Law.

The social media giant says that the two created browser extensions that they made available for download through the Chrome Web Store. The extensions were being offered using the business name “Oink and Stuff.”

A privacy policy that accompanied these extensions claimed that no collection of personal information would be performed.

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