Oracle to win approval of $115 million privacy settlement as US judge holds his nose
By Mike Swift ( November 15, 2024, 01:36 GMT | Insight) -- A federal judge in San Francisco today said that he will grant final approval for a $115 million settlement of class-action privacy litigation filed against Oracle America, even though he questioned the significance of the settlement's injunctive relief and the expected $25 benefit for class members who submit claims.Oracle America will win final approval of a $115 million settlement of litigation that accused the company’s former ad-tech business of creating unauthorized "digital dossiers" for hundreds of millions of people, although a federal judge said he was skeptical of the settlement’s benefits for the 220 million class members affected by Oracle’s data collection....
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