Ninth U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds Facebook Beacon Class-Action Settlement
The $9.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over Facebook’s now-defunct Beacon program, initially announced nearly three years ago (March 2010), will stand despite objections from six judges on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The $9.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over Facebook’s now-defunct Beacon program, initially announced nearly three years ago (March 2010), will stand despite objections from six judges on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Beacon was introduced by the social network in 2007, and it monitored and shared users’ non-Facebook online activity, such as purchases from Overstock.com or rentals from Blockbuster.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals initially approved the settlement last September, and Reuters reported that the court published an order Tuesday saying it would not reconsider the ruling before a larger 11-judge panel.
Under terms of the settlement, $2.3
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