Some 1.57 million people will probably pocket more than US$300 (RM1,227) each – after about a third of the US$650mil (RM2.65bil) settlement fund is set aside for their attorneys and administrative costs – from a lawsuit in which the social network was accused of collecting biometric images from its photo-tagging feature without consent. — Bloomberg
Facebook Inc will be making payouts to only about a quarter of the six million Illinois residents eligible for the biggest consumer privacy settlement in US history.
Based on a tally filed in court after Monday’s claims deadline, some 1.57 million people will probably pocket more than US$300 (RM1,227) each – after about a third of the US$650mil (RM2.65bil) settlement fund is set aside for their attorneys and administrative costs – from a lawsuit in which the social network was accused of collecting biometric images from its photo-tagging feature without consent.
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