Meta's Facebook to pay $90 million to settle privacy lawsuit over user tracking


FILE PHOTO: People stand in front of the entrance sign to Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

(Reuters) - Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users' internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website.

A proposed preliminary settlement was filed on Monday night with the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, and requires a judge's approval. The accord also requires Facebook to delete data it collected improperly.

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