As we are all aware now that Facebook has been in quite a bit of trouble for the past couple of months on how it handled users’ data and the privacy concerns regarding the recent Cambridge Analytica data scandal where Facebook handed over data of moreover 87 million Facebook accounts to this data analytical firm.

Now Facebook is having yet another legal headache due to the fact that the company collected users’ personal data and sold it to the highest bidder.

A lawsuit filed in a California court by a company called Six4Three, alleges that Facebook used various methods to collect personal data of its users so that it could use this info for commercial reasons like ad targeting for the election campaigns.

The case which is based on extensive emails and messages between Facebook executives and even involving Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg himself reveals that Zuckerburg was also directly involved in the data harvesting.

However, this new lawsuit filed by Six4Three, a startup which is now dysfunctional, has been filed over a defunct app Pikinis. Facebook removed the app after it made changes in its policy in 2015 that no third-party developers will be able to access a user’s friend data. In response to the lawsuit, a Facebook spokesperson said;

“When we changed our policy in 2015, we gave all third-party developers ample notice of material platform changes that could have impacted their applications. but Six4Three chose not to work with us. The allegations that they have outlined are meritless and designed to detract from their complaint. We have made it clear that we will fight this lawsuit and protect users’ data.”

Thus Facebook’s representative has made it clear that Facebook doesn’t log user’s call and text history data without their consent and that the Six4Three’s allegation is baseless. But that’s something which will be decided by the court, as the case will proceed in the coming days.

Previously, Zuckerberg admitted that Facebook Messenger app scans users’ conversations and also keeps a log of texts and call history but also explained that it asks for users’ permission before doing that.