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Company: Meta Platforms Inc.
Current Parent Company: Meta Platforms Inc.
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Penalty: $68,500,000
Year: 2024
Date: March 7, 2024
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Mega-Scandal: Online Privacy
Violation Description: Meta Platforms agreed to pay over $68 million to settle litigation alleging its Instagram app violated the Illinois biometric privacy law with its facial recognition feature.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: DuPage County (IL) Circuit Court
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2023LA000672
Case Name: Parris v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: Illinois
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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