Facebook Users Receive Notice Of Pending Class Action Settlement

This afternoon a number of Facebook users received notice of the pending class action law suit in which a $9.5 million independent fund was allocated for projects to promote the cause of online privacy. Facebook has been forced to send out a notification by court order to Beacon users that may have been effected by the service. Ironically, participation in the settlement is “opt-out” only, something that Facebook was criticized for under the Beacon program.

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