A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections related to the Cambridge Analytica data breach, which affected roughly 87 million profiles. The jury determined the company violated users' privacy over 2 million times, and a judge will now decide penalties that could reach $5,000 per violation. This marks a significant legal victory for New Mexico, which pursued the case independently after other states settled with Meta.
A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections in the Cambridge Analytica data breach case, which affected over 2 million state residents. The breach involved a third-party personality quiz that harvested data from approximately 87 million profiles and sold it to the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. The judge will determine damages, with prosecutors seeking the maximum $5,000 penalty per violation.