- Snapchat agreed to a $35 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, The Verge reports. The lawsuit alleged Snapchat's filters violated BIPA by collecting and storing users’ biometric information without their knowledge or consent.
- Meta settled a lawsuit that alleged it collected users’ location data even when the feature was turned off on their devices, Reuters reports. Meta will pay $37.5 million to resolve claims that Facebook violated California law and its own privacy notice.
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