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.  REUTERSCarlos BarriaFile Photo

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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