$650 Million Settlement Of Facebook Biometric Privacy Class Suit Gets Initial OK

Mealey's (August 20, 2020, 1:10 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — After denying approval in June to the first draft of a proposed settlement in a class action over Facebook Inc.'s utilization of facial scans in a photo-tagging feature, a California federal judge on Aug. 19 granted preliminary approval to a revised agreement that resolved his earlier concerns, notably increasing the settlement fund from $550 million to $650 million (In re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation, No. 3:15-cv-03747, N.D. Calif.)....