Data Privacy
Jul. 24, 2020
Facebook agrees to pay $100M more for privacy violations
Facebook agreed to pay an additional $100 million to secure approval of what was already the largest settlement of a class action alleging online privacy violations, attorneys told a federal judge Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook agreed to pay an additional $100 million to secure approval of what was already the largest settlement of a class action alleging online privacy violations, attorneys told a federal judge Thursday.
Plaintiffs suing the tech giant claiming it abused facial recognition technology now stand to recover a total of $650 million. Users in Illinois whose pictures appeared on the site after 2011 can expect to receiv...
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