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A judge has approved a settlement valued at $650 million from Facebook to end a privacy lawsuit, one which alleged the social network used facial recognition technology on user photos stored on its iPhone app without permission.
A federal judge Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without users' permission.
Nearly 1.6 million Illinois Facebook users will get about $350 each in a landmark privacy settlement, pending final approval from a California federal judge.
Illinois Facebook users who filed a claim can expect to receive their checks within a few months, pending final approval and barring any appeals.
One of the country’s premier “toxic tort” lawyers is accused of misappropriating money from families of victims of the Lion Air crash that led to the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max. And that’s just the beginning.