Civil Litigation,
Data Privacy,
Technology
Aug. 2, 2022
TikTok will pay $92M to settle biometric data collection claims
The deal comes as TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance face increased scrutiny over how it handles U.S. user data.
The social media company TikTok Inc. has agreed to pay $92 million to settle allegations that its collection of biometric data violates privacy laws.
U.S. District Judge John Lee of the Northern District of Illinois awarded $29.3 million of the settlement money to plaintiffs’ attorneys from 31 firms.
“Class counsel’s timesheets indicate that several of the lead attorneys have devoted essentially their entire p...
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