Tag: biometric privacy

February 9, 2022 Off

TikTok’s $92 Million Payout: Could You Get a Share?

By The Admiral Staff

TikTok has agreed to a $92 million settlement to resolve claims that it collected users’ “faceprints” without consent to personalize content recommendations. Anyone in the U.S. who used TikTok before Oct. 1, 2021, is eligible to file a claim by March 1, 2022. Payouts are expected to be relatively small unless claim submissions are low, with Illinois residents potentially receiving significantly higher amounts due to state biometric privacy laws. The settlement