Pending Settlement Announced In Facebook Tracking Class Action

Mealey's (July 28, 2021, 1:10 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal court on July 28 received notice that a long-running multidistrict litigation over Facebook Inc.’s purported online tracking practices may soon be resolved, when the social network and four named plaintiffs filed a notice of an agreement in principle to settle the almost decade-old class claims alleging that Facebook tracked its users’ internet use without their consent or knowledge....