Judge Tosses Suit Against Meta Over Data Collection From DMV
Meta has defeated claims that it wrongly obtained personal information from the California DMV — including users’ first names, email addresses, and the identities of people who applied for disabled placards.
Handing Meta a victory, a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit alleging it wrongly obtains personal information from the state motor vehicles site — including users’ first names, email addresses, and the identities of people who applied for disabled placards.
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