Facebook Pays $550M to Settle Facial Recognition Privacy Lawsuit

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Facebook will create a cash fund of $550 million for its Illinois users who filed a lawsuit over its privacy practices, law firm Edelson PC said on Wednesday. The settlement came after Facebook was sued for collecting facial recognition data to use in tagging photos, which allegedly violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Tagging… Continue reading Facebook Pays $550M to Settle Facial Recognition Privacy Lawsuit