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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,…
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News: Social media companies reach $5.3m settlement in iOS contacts privacy lawsuit