TikTok must pay $92 million to resolve multidistrict litigation over the company’s alleged misuse of its users’ private data, after a federal judge in Illinois granted final approval of a settlement Thursday.
Judge John Z. Lee of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois certified a nationwide settlement class comprising 1.4 million people for alleged violations of the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act.
The settlement requires TikTok to stop using the app to collect or store certain US user data, including biometric data and geolocation information, without all the legally required disclosures. It also requires TikTok to ...
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