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Title: News: Social media companies reach $5.3m settlement in iOS contacts privacy lawsuit Post by: HCK on April 07, 2017, 04:05:29 pm News: Social media companies reach $5.3m settlement in iOS contacts privacy lawsuit
<img src="(http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/stock/cc/instagram-login-screen-perzonseowebbyra.se.jpg)" /> Photo: Perzonseo Webbyra / CC BY 2.0 Eight social media firms have agreed to a settlement of $5.3 million in response to a class action lawsuit that had accused them of breaching privacy by uploading users’ personal contact information on iOS devices, AppleInsider reports. Citing a report by Law360 (subscription required), the settlement agreement was filed earlier this week in a San Francisco federal court, proposing that Foodspotting, Foursquare,… Source: News: Social media companies reach $5.3m settlement in iOS contacts privacy lawsuit (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/social-media-companies-reach-5.3m-settlement-in-ios-contacts-privacy-lawsui) |