Facebook used cookies, placed in browsers by Facebook, to record visits to other websites.
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has agreed to pay 90 million dollars (79.23 million euros) to end lawsuits in a new class action for breach of user privacy, a- we learned on Tuesday 15 February. The social networking giant was accused of having tracked users in their internet browsing, even after they disconnected from the platform, to collect data for advertising targeting purposes.
The agreement submitted Monday for approval in a California court provides that the 90 million be paid to the plaintiffs who prove that they were affected by this tracking. And Meta undertakes to isolate and destroy all personal information concerned, collected in 2010 and 2011.
Precedents already settled with the reinforcement of millions
According to the complaint, Facebook used cookies, installed in browsers by Facebook, to register visits to other websites. For example, the social network knew that a user, even if not logged in, was viewing other sites when these included “Like” buttons (“I like”) – containing code from the thumb platform. air, therefore. This problem has been resolved for a long time and is no longer relevant today, assures Meta.
A year ago, Facebook agreed to pay $650 million to end a privacy lawsuit against 1.6 million users. A Chicago attorney filed a lawsuit against the platform in 2015, alleging it illegally collected biometric data to identify faces. During the lawsuit, it emerged that Facebook was storing biometric data without users’ consent, in violation of Illinois law.