Recently, the Diffuse and Collective Interests Court of São Luís (MA), through the Court of Justice of Maranhão, condemned the Facebook to indemnify more than eight million Brazilians who were affected by the data leak in 2021, which occurred in several countries.
The process was filed in the same year by Ibedec (Brazilian Institute for the Study and Defense of Consumer Relations) in Maranhão, which claimed to have received complaints from consumers, especially in relation to the availability of the database on the internet”, says the dispatch.
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”Even after becoming aware of the incident, the defendant [Facebook] did not notify the affected users, did not indicate the technical and security measures eventually adopted to data protection, did not point out the risks related to the incident, nor did it inform the measures to be adopted to reverse or mitigate the damage resulting from the leak of data."
Ibedec/MA, in a lawsuit filed against Facebook.
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The titular judge Douglas de Melo Martins decided, last Thursday (23), to use the LGPD (General Data Protection Law) as the basis of the argument. Thus, Ibedec's request was partially accepted and Facebook was ordered to pay R$ 500 for each Brazilian who was exposed in the leak.
The total amount of the fine amounts to just over BRL 4 billion (originally, the agency had asked for the payment of BRL 20,000 for each person, which would lead the social network to disburse BRL 160 billion).
The compensation that Facebook will have to pay is R$ 72 million for collective moral damages to the State Fund for Diffuse Rights, in addition to 10% of the judgment amount for payment of court costs and lawyers' fees from Ibedec.
Facebook can still appeal the sentence, which must be complied with in all instances, while affected users will need to request compensation.
Is there any way to check if I was one of the victims?
These days, there are several ways to check whether your information has been improperly made available on the internet. One of the best known alternatives is the site Have I Been Pwned?, which lets you enter your email to find out if it's on the deep web.
To find out if your email or phone number has been exposed improperly, you need to enter the information in the format international – code +55, which is the international identification code for Brazil, followed by the state code, area code and country code number. If the response “Good news – no pwnage found!” appears on a green background, it means that there was no leak associated with the address. If the answer is “Oh no – pwned!” on a red background, indicates that the e-mail or telephone number has already been disclosed in error.
It is possible to find out which online tools your email or phone was leaked through the website, which offers details on the date on which this happened. It is essential to check whether Facebook is on the list.
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