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Facebook's $650 million privacy deal praised by US judge

By Amy Miller ( January 15, 2021, 01:28 GMT | Insight) -- Facebook’s landmark $650 million deal settling claims that its facial-recognition technology violated an Illinois privacy law garnered praise from a US judge in San Francisco, despite criticisms from objectors. More than 1.5 million Illinois residents, about 22 percent of the potential class, will get about $342 each under the deal, results that US District Judge James Donato called "pretty phenomenal." Facebook’s landmark $650 million deal settling claims that its facial-recognition technology violated an Illinois privacy law was praised by a US federal judge in San Francisco today, despite criticisms from several objectors....

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