California Minors and Guardians and Parents File Class Action Lawsuit Complaint Facebook Over Alleged Misappropriation of Names And Likenesses Of Minors In Facebook “Like” Ads.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”” or “Defendant”) in the Superior Court of the State of California (styled David Cohen a minor by and through Robin S. Cohen as Guardian ad Litem and Shelby A. Orland a minor by and through Marcia J. Orland as Guardian ad Litem v. Facebook, Inc., Civil Action Case No. BC 444482), alleging, among other things, that Facebook misappropriates the names and likenesses of minors in California for commercial purposes without the consent of the parent or guardians of the minors, purportedly in violation of California law, according to a class action lawsuit news report.
The Facebook “Like” Button Ads for minors class action lawsuit complaint is reportedly brought on behalf of the following putative classes of persons, unless otherwise excluded:
All persons who, within the last three years: (1) were under the age of 18 years; (2) were California residents; and (3) were members of the Facebook social networking site (the “Class”);
All class members who while under the age of 18 years, had their names or likenesses used on a landing page for Facebook or in an advertisement sold by Facebook without the consent of their parent or guardian (the “SubClass”)
For more information on the Facebook “Like” Button Ads class action lawsuit, read the Facebook class action lawsuit complaint.
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