Meta Signs $37.5 Million Deal Over Facebook Location Tracking

Meta Platforms Inc. signed a $37.5 million class settlement with Facebook users who say the platform continued tracking their locations after they turned off location services on their devices, according to a filing in San Francisco federal court.

The settlement, announced Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, covers about 70 million US residents who used Facebook between Jan. 30, 2015, and April 18, 2018, and who turned off the location services setting for the Facebook application on their iOS or Android devices. Class members who submit claims through an online system will receive payments ...