Meta Paying $725M To Settle Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit By Facebook Users Who Said Their Personal Data Was Improperly Accessed
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deadline.comMeta Platforms has agreed to pay a record $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by Facebook users who alleged that the company allowed third parties to access their personal data.
The UK research firm Cambridge Analytica, whose clients included former president Donald Trump, was the most prominent example of what the complaint described as a broad-scale privacy lapse.
In 2018, it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica gained improper access to the personal information of some 87 million Facebook accounts.
The case was filed U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California in San Francisco. Judge Vince Chhabria must approve the settlement.
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