The popular game of FarmVille seems to be trading more than just apples and land plots over the internet. A class action lawsuit was filed earlier this week against FarmVille creator, Zynga, of illegally sharing user data of its customers with advertisers and other data brokers, according to USAToday. The lawsuit claims that Zynga not only violated its contract with Facebook by sharing user data, but also federal law. "This appears to be another example of an online company failing the American public with empty promises to respect individual privacy rights," said one of the lawyers who filed the lawsuit, in a statement. The suit seeks "monetary relief" for those affected by the privacy leaks, according to the news source. Zynga however, does not believe that is has done anything wrong. "We believe that the complaint is without merit, and we intend to defend against it vigorously," said the company in their official statement. This lawsuit comes hot on the heels of a report in the Wall Street Journal that claims that some of the most popular applications on Facebook may actually be trading personal user data to advertisers and tracking companies on the internet.
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