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Facebook is to pay $650m to users in Illinois who accused the company of using their biometric data without first obtaining their consent.  Nearly 1.6 million users in the Prairie State joined a class-action lawsuit filed against Facebook in April 2015 in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of plaintiff Carlo Licata.  The lawsuit alleged that the social media giant had violated an Illinois privacy law by using facial-recognition technology to scan photos uploaded by users and by digitally storing data regarding individuals' faces without users' permission. In Illinois, the Biometric Inf...

In 2019, Facebook proposed that the facial recognition feature be optional only.   | Photo Credit: AP Chicago attorney Jay Edelson sued Facebook in 2015, alleging the social network illegally collected biometric data to identify faces in violation of a 2008 Illinois privacy law. A U.S. federal judge has given final approval to Facebook’s $650 million payment to settle a privacy dispute between the California group and 1.6 million users in the US state of Illinois. The decision was issued on Friday, according to documents seen by AFP on Sunday. Chicago attorney Jay Edelson sued Facebook...

U.S. District Judge James Donato approved the deal in a class-action lawsuit that was filed in Illinois in 2015. Nearly 1.6 million Facebook users in Illinois who submitted claims will be affected.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US federal judge has given final approval to Facebook's US$650 million (S$866.06 million) payment to settle a privacy dispute between the California group and 1.6 million users in the US state of Illinois.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A California federal judge issued final approval Friday in a $650 million Facebook class action privacy settlement, with an order to get at least $345 to each of nearly 1.6 million Illinois class members “as expeditiously as possible.”