Facebook’s $650 Million Privacy Lawsuit Settlement Gets Court Approval

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Facebook’s agreement to pay $650 million to settle class-action litigation alleging it violated users privacy via its photo-tagging feature — one of the biggest ever in a privacy lawsui…

’s agreement to pay $650 million to settle class-action litigation alleging it violated users privacy via its photo-tagging feature — one of the biggest ever in a privacy lawsuit — has been approved by a federal judge.

“By any measure, the $650 million settlement in this biometric privacy class action is a landmark result,” U.S. District Court Judge James Donato of the Northern District of California wrote in his order Friday approving the settlement . “Overall, the settlement is a major win for consumers in the hotly contested area of digital privacy.”

 

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