A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc's effort to undo ...
) effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent.
It came as the social media company faces broad criticism from lawmakers and regulators over its privacy practices. Last month, Facebook agreed to pay a record $5 billion fine to settle a Federal Trade Commission data privacy probe. Writing for the appeals court, Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta said the Illinois users could sue as a group, rejecting Facebook’s argument their claims were unique and required individual lawsuits.
Federal court procedures allowed the plaintiffs to sue Facebook in California though they called Illinois home.
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