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Mon Apr 2, 2012, 10:10 PM

alp227 (20,405 posts)

B.C. woman sues Facebook for using her photo

Source: CBC

A Vancouver woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook for profiting from an advertisement that used her photo and profile information without her consent.

Debbie Douez is claiming that Facebook, Inc. allowed her name and photo to be used without her permission for an advertisement that appeared on Facebook last year.

In the notice of civil claim, which was filed in B.C. Supreme Court on March 29, Douez describes how her name and profile photo were taken from her account and used to advertise a service to other Facebook users.

Sometime after she clicked the 'Like' button for a Facebook group called "Cool Entrepreneurs," Douez's photo with the caption "Debbie Douez likes Cool Entrepreneurs" began appearing in a sidebar advertisement to her Facebook contacts.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/04/02/bc-facebook-ads-lawsuit.html

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
B.C. woman sues Facebook for using her photo (Original post)	alp227	Apr 2012	OP
don't think she will win	ThomThom	Apr 2012	#1
Yeah, there's an opt-out specifically for this sort of thing. (nt)	Posteritatis	Apr 2012	#15
Sorry, kiddo, read the fine print that authorizes FB to use your photo, your words and anything else	leftofcool	Apr 2012	#2
hahahaha good luck with that.. that's all they do on facebook	Voice for Peace	Apr 2012	#3
Hey, you know that "Terms of Service" agreement you clicked on?	Kelvin Mace	Apr 2012	#4
Hopefully this will help to get rid of the LIKE button.	seattleblah	Apr 2012	#5
Unfortunately "you" are the product on Facebook	FailureToCommunicate	Apr 2012	#6
opt out	Why Syzygy	Apr 2012	#7
What an idiot. nt.	harmonicon	Apr 2012	#8
What is she doing on Facebook if she is so jealous of her privacy?	McCamy Taylor	Apr 2012	#9
What ever happens in facebook, stays in facebook.	Javaman	Apr 2012	#10
I'm no FB apologist but	WeekendWarrior	Apr 2012	#11
"fuck you, Debbie"?	CreekDog	Apr 2012	#12
Yep.	WeekendWarrior	Apr 2012	#13
Also, frivolous suits like this only fuel phony Repub tort reform initiatives	alp227	Apr 2012	#14

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Mon Apr 2, 2012, 10:16 PM

ThomThom (1,390 posts)

1. don't think she will win

everything that gets posted on Facebook becomes the property of Facebook
it's in the agreement i believe

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Tue Apr 3, 2012, 04:02 PM

Posteritatis (17,252 posts)

15. Yeah, there's an opt-out specifically for this sort of thing. (nt)

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Mon Apr 2, 2012, 10:17 PM

leftofcool (7,012 posts)

2. Sorry, kiddo, read the fine print that authorizes FB to use your photo, your words and anything else

you upload to your FB account.

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Mon Apr 2, 2012, 10:19 PM

Voice for Peace (8,392 posts)

3. hahahaha good luck with that.. that's all they do on facebook

is advertise to you everything that your friends like and where they go and what they eat and where they shop and what movies they recommend and on and on...

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Mon Apr 2, 2012, 10:21 PM

Kelvin Mace (9,777 posts)

4. Hey, you know that "Terms of Service" agreement you clicked on?

You gave them permission to do that when you clicked "I Accept".

Now, I'd love to see the Canadian government rule that "click-wrap" licenses are non-binding, but Hollywood and Silicon Valley are not going to let that happen.

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Mon Apr 2, 2012, 10:25 PM

seattleblah (69 posts)

5. Hopefully this will help to get rid of the LIKE button.

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Mon Apr 2, 2012, 10:51 PM

FailureToCommunicate (4,399 posts)

6. Unfortunately "you" are the product on Facebook

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Mon Apr 2, 2012, 11:46 PM

Why Syzygy (18,731 posts)

7. opt out

There is a setting in account/privacy settings to opt out of this practice. That pretty much kills her case, I would think?
ps. I have had mine set to not share in this manner. facebook tends to be much more *friendly* than some folks want.

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Tue Apr 3, 2012, 12:27 AM

harmonicon (11,927 posts)

8. What an idiot. nt.

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Tue Apr 3, 2012, 01:21 AM

McCamy Taylor (13,710 posts)

9. What is she doing on Facebook if she is so jealous of her privacy?

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Tue Apr 3, 2012, 09:14 AM

Javaman (40,599 posts)

10. What ever happens in facebook, stays in facebook.

she will lose.

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Tue Apr 3, 2012, 03:04 PM

WeekendWarrior (1,272 posts)

11. I'm no FB apologist but

but fuck you, Debbie. You signed up for facebook, you read their policies, you got to use their social network at no cost to you, and you undoubtedly made your photos public on your FB page. On top of that, what's the basis of your suit? What harm did this ad do to you?

This kind of frivolous bullshit clogs up our courts with nonsense. If you've been truly harmed by someone, sue the shit out of them. But this is ridiculous.

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Tue Apr 3, 2012, 03:53 PM

CreekDog (37,053 posts)

12. "fuck you, Debbie"?

wow.

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Tue Apr 3, 2012, 03:57 PM

WeekendWarrior (1,272 posts)

13. Yep.

I'm sick and tired of people who clog up the courts with frivolous bullshit.

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Tue Apr 3, 2012, 03:57 PM

alp227 (20,405 posts)

14. Also, frivolous suits like this only fuel phony Repub tort reform initiatives

Also, I notice that this thread is near unanimously against the plaintiff. However, on past DU threads about facebook advertisers or privacy, most responses criticized the company:

Examples:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1081932

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4938404

What happened to the usual DU pro privacy crowd? In fact, this type of facebook ad would be illegal in Europe.

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