Oracle is said to have tracked and compiled detailed profiles of most people around the world.
Oracle is said to have tracked and compiled detailed profiles of most people around the world.
One of the largest IT companies in the world Oracle A class-action lawsuit has been filed in the United States accusing the company of tracking and spying on as many as five billion people.
The lead plaintiff in the class action is a representative of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, an organization that protects the freedoms and human rights of Irish citizens Johnny Ryan . The Irish newspaper Irish Independent reported on the case.
According to the ICCL press release, Oracle has compiled a detailed registry of five billion people’s names, home addresses, email addresses, purchases, movement, income, political views and Internet activities. According to Statista statistics, there are about five billion internet users in the world.
The 66-page lawsuit, filed in a California court, describes Oracle’s technology as a “global surveillance machine.” The company allegedly tracked ordinary internet users without permission and compiled accurate profiles of them. According to Tech Crunch, the company also used proxies to bypass privacy settings.
“Oracle has breached the privacy of billions of people around the world. It is a Fortune 500 company whose dangerous mission is to track the movements and activities of all people in the world. We are working to stop Oracle’s monitoring mechanisms,” Ryan said in the press release.
Stakeholders face quite a challenge because there is no federal data protection law in the United States.
Oracle has not commented on the matter to the media.