1.4 million Facebook users get a total of 68 billion yen in a privacy infringement proceeding using face recognition technology

In August 2020, Facebook, which had been in a class action lawsuit from users in Illinois for collecting biometric data of users in violation of Illinois state law, settled $ 650 million. I agreed to pay the money. Following this agreement, 1.4 million Illinois Facebook users have already billed Facebook and will receive around $ 300 per person.

Millions of Facebook Users Pass on $ 650 Million Privacy Jackpot --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/millions-of-facebook-users-pass-on-650-million-privacy-jackpot

Facebook's Illinois lawsuit explained: How to get a share of the $ 650 million settlement! – HITC
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/11/21/facebook-illinois-lawsuit/

Facebook class action lawsuit claim form and submission deadline
https://www.republicworld.com/technology-news/apps/facebook-class-action-lawsuit-claim-form-and-submission-deadline.html

Deadline is looming to get share of $ 650M Facebook settlement --Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-facebook-privacy-settlement-deadline-illinois-20201119-y5et6mdz6va4ph676mijbd3nzi-story.html

In April 2015, a law firm called Edelson, on behalf of Facebook users in Illinois, said, 'Facebook's'photo tagging feature'using facial recognition technology has not been approved by users, and Illinois privacy. It's against the law, 'he sued Facebook. The proceedings were initially contested in the Cook County Circuit Court, and a law firm named Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd Lataton Sucharow filed a similar proceeding, consolidating the three proceedings . The proceedings were contested in federal court in California for more than five years after the merger, but were settled in August 2020 with Facebook paying a $ 650 million settlement.

Eligible to receive this settlement is 'Illinois has lived for more than 6 months' from June 7, 2011, when the photo tagging feature was implemented, to August 19, 2020, when the decision was made. Limited to 'users'. Qualified persons were able to apply for the settlement money using the form below until November 23, 2020.

Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation
http://www.facebookbipaclassaction.com/

According to media reports, the number of qualified persons who applied for the settlement by the deadline reached 1.4 million. The total amount of the settlement is 650 million dollars, but since various expenses for each law firm are deducted from this, the final amount received per person is 200 to 400 dollars (about 21,000 to 42,000 yen) ), And payment is expected in early 2021.

Facebook is considered a company that is neglecting efforts to improve privacy issues and will be subject to a huge $ 5 billion sanction by the Federal Trade Commission in 2019.

Facebook pays 540 billion yen in sanctions and agrees with Federal Trade Commission, record high for privacy-GIGAZINE