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Facebook agrees to pay $37.5 million to settle US location tracking class action

( August 22, 2022, 22:54 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Facebook has agreed to pay $37.5 million to settle US class action litigation accusing the social media company of misleading users by inferring their location data, even when they turned off location tracking when using the Facebook app on their devices, according to a motion for preliminary settlement filed with the court. The settlement class consists of about 70 million Facebook users who used the app between Jan. 30, 2015, and April 18, 2018. See document below....

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