Judge Approves $650 Million Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

Judge Approves $650 Million Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken on Jan. 6, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
The Associated Press
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SAN FRANCISCO—A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users.

U.S. District Judge James Donato approved the deal in a class-action lawsuit that was filed in Illinois in 2015. Nearly 1.6 million Facebook users in Illinois who submitted claims will be affected.