Facebook will pay $550 million to settle a class action lawsuit in which users accused the social media giant of using facial recognition software in a way customers hadn’t authorized, marking a win for U.S. privacy advocates who have used state laws to curb data collection. The settlement ends a suit in which customers alleged Facebook’s “Tag Suggestions” service, which recommends the names of people users can tag on their photos. The case accuses Facebook of breaking privacy law in Illinois by mining information about people in Illinois without their consent, then failing to disclose how long that data would be stored. Facebook has refuted allegations of wrongdoing in this case. The company disclosed the settlement Wednesday during its quarterly financial report, in which executives reported that revenue had risen 25% to $21.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019. Of the $550 million, individuals attached to the lawsuit can […]
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