Facebook reveals $550M settlement for Illinois privacy lawsuit
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Kyle Brasseur2020-01-30T20:10:00
Facebook has reached a $550 million settlement in principle in connection with a class-action lawsuit it faced in Illinois over violations of a state biometric law.
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