California jury rules Meta violated privacy law in case involving period-tracking app

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A California jury ruled against Meta

in a privacy-related lawsuit involving the alleged collection of sensitive data from Flo, a period-tracking app.

The jury ruled that the plaintiffs proved that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, according to a verdict form filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for Northern District of California.

The ruling stems from a class-action lawsuit dating back to 2021 against the health-tech company Flo Health and other businesses like Meta, Google-parent Alphabet