Facebook Inc has reached a $550 million settlement of claims it collected and st...
) has reached a $550 million settlement of claims it collected and stored millions of users’ biometric data without their consent, as Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pledged better protections for users to address privacy concerns that have dogged the social media company.
Zuckerberg said during the call that the FTC settlement committed Facebook to privacy controls that “set a new standard for our industry, going beyond anything that’s required by law today.” Facebook had originally been sued in 2015, when users accused the Menlo Park, California-based company of violating Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act by using facial recognition technology to collect biometric data.
It followed a federal appeals court’s refusal last August to undo the class action, after Facebook had argued the Illinois users had unique claims requiring individual lawsuits.
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