Biometrics

If you’re an Illinois Facebook user, you may have recently received a check in the mail from the company as part of a seven-year, $650 million Class Action Lawsuit. Here’s what to know about it.

Checks are in the mail for more than a million Illinois Facebook users as part of a seven-year, $650 million Class Action Lawsuit against the company.

More than a million Facebook users in Illinois are part of a seven-year, Class Action Lawsuit against the company, alleging it broke the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting and storing biometric data — physical characteristics — of users without their consent, through things like facial recognition technology.

Not all Illinois Facebook users are included in the Class Action Lawsuit, and entitled to a payout. Here’s what to know.

If you’re a Facebook user in Illinois, you may be one of 1.42 million people eligible to receive a check as part of a 7 year, $650 million, class action lawsuit against the company.

Settlement checks are in the mail for more than 1.42 million Illinois residents who filed claims in a seven-year, $650 million class-action biometric privacy settlement against Facebook.

If you’re a Facebook user and you live in Illinois, you might be eligible for a payout as part of a $650 million class-action settlement. Here’s what to know.

More than 1.42 million Illinois residents who filed claims in the class-action biometric privacy settlement against Facebook may receive a share of $650 million soon.

Biometric screening company CLEAR made its market debut Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and is now trading under the ticker symbol “YOU.”