Another chapter in the now decade-long saga of Douez v.
Facebook was penned earlier this month as a British Columbia
Court found Facebook liable for providing advertisers access to
users' personal information without the users' consent. On
June 2, 2022, after a summary trial, the Court ruled that
Facebook's "Sponsored Stories" advertising practices
contravened the privacy statutes of B.C., Saskatchewan, Manitoba,
and Newfoundland and Labrador. The proceeding, first commenced in
2012 and certified as a class action in 2014, involved a lengthy
battle relating to jurisdictional competence and the enforceability
of a forum selection clause in Facebook's Terms of Use. In
2019, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the clause was
unenforceable and certified the class proceeding.
