Enlarge (credit: Mateusz Slodkowski | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images) TikTok parent company ByteDance has agreed to a $92 million deal to settle class-action lawsuits alleging that the company illegally collected and used underage TikTok users’ personal data. The proposed settlement (PDF) would require TikTok to pay out up to $92 million to […]
Enlarge / You see Facebook, Facebook sees you… (credit: Chris Jackson | Getty Images) Millions of Facebook users in Illinois will be receiving about $340 each as Facebook settles a case alleging it broke state law when it collected facial recognition data on users without their consent. The judge hearing the case in federal court […]
Expand / / An iPhone 6. (charge: Getty Images | NurPhoto) The attorneys general for 33 states and the District of Columbia have attained a $113 million settlement with Apple over allegations the iPhone manufacturer throttled operation in a number of generations of the unit to hide a design flaw in the batterylife. The states […]
Expand / Google’s corporate headquarters. (charge: Alex Tai | SOPA Pictures | LightRocket | Getty Images) Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said it has settled that a pair of shareholder lawsuits linked to the provider’s management of sexual harassment claims. Officials will devote $310 million into corporate diversity plans during the next ten years, and the […]