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A US federal judge has given final app<\/a>roval to Facebook’s $650 million payment to settle a privacy dispute between the social media giant and 1.6 million users in the state of Illinois.<\/p>\n

“We are pleased to have reached a settlement so we can move past this matter, which is in the best interest of our community and our shareholders,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement to AFP.<\/p>\n

The decision was issued on Friday, according to documents seen by AFP on Sunday. <\/p>\n

Chicago attorney Jay Edelson sued Facebook in 2015, alleging it illegally collected biometric data to identify faces in violation of a 2008 Illinois privacy law. <\/p>\n

At the end of January 2020, Facebook agreed to pay $550 million after it failed to get the lawsuit\u2014filed as a class action in 2018\u2014dismissed. <\/p>\n

But in July 2020, the judge in the case, James Donato, ruled that the amount was insufficient. <\/p>\n

During the trial, it emerged that Facebook was violating Illinois law by storing biometric data\u2014digital scans of people’s faces, in support of its face-tagging feature\u2014without users’ consent. <\/p>\n

In 2019, Facebook proposed that the facial recognition feature be optional only. <\/p>\n

According to Donato, the regulation is “a landmark result” and represents a “major win for consumers in the hotly contested area of digital privacy.” <\/p>\n

“It is one the largest settlements ever for a privacy violation,” he commented, noting that plaintiffs will receive at least $345 each in compensation.\n <\/p>\n\n

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Nearly 1.4 million Illinois Facebook users have filed claims in $650 million privacy settlement\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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