{"id":32096,"date":"2022-04-28T21:48:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T21:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handlewife.com\/?p=32096"},"modified":"2023-02-14T00:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T00:05:27","slug":"facebook-settlement-check-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handlewife.com\/facebook-settlement-check-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Facebook Settlement Check Real? How to Identify?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In 2020, Facebook agreed to pay $650 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over allegations that it violated Illinois’ biometric privacy law by using facial recognition technology without obtaining user consent. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Facebook users in Illinois who claimed that the company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), which requires companies to obtain written consent before collecting biometric data, such as facial recognition scans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n