A federal judge on Friday gave final approval to a Facebook settlement of 1,6 million Illinois residents worth $ 650 million.
The largest social network will pay "as soon as possible" the members of a teamof Illinois who filed lawsuits over their privacy.
Chicago attorney Jay Edelson sued Facebook in Cook County Circuit Court in 2015, alleging that the use of the tags recognitionof a person from the Platform is not permitted under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Η treatment alleged that Facebook's tag suggestion tool, which scanned faces in users' photos and offered suggestions about who a person might be, stored biometric data without users' consent in violation of an Illinois law.
The case became a lawsuit in 2018. In 2019, Facebook made face recognition optional.
Three plaintiffs will each receive $5.000, while the rest of the class will receive at least $345 each, according to the ruling by James Donato of the Northern District of Columbia. California.
Donato called the settlement a "landmark result" and a "significant win for consumers in the contested digital space." privacyς ”.
"We are pleased to reach a settlement so that we can overcome this issue, which is in the interest of our community and our shareholders." said Facebook.