Data Privacy
Oct. 28, 2022
US judge signs off on $90M Facebook privacy settlement
This agreement is one of the 10 largest data privacy class actions settlements ever. As part of the agreement, Meta also agreed to delete all the data that was improperly collected.
A federal judge granted final approval Thursday for a $90 million settlement to resolve claims Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms Inc., wrongfully collected browsing data from users when they visited other sites, even after they had logged out of Facebook.
This agreement is one of the 10 largest data privacy class actions settlements. The news came shortly after revelations Meta’s stock had crashed, plunging the company’s value by $...
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