Facebook users to court for privacy

san francisco - Three users of the Facebook Messenger app started a case against Facebook on Tuesday. They say the social network has violated their privacy by collecting data from their phone calls and messages.

Facebook admitted last Sunday that it had collected phone data and other data from users, but only with Android users who had allowed it in their settings. The company said it had not collected any content from calls or messages and that data was not resold to third parties.

The case was filed in a federal court in the Northern District of California. The claimants are challenging the case on behalf of all affected users. Facebook has not responded yet.