Topic: class action
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Facebook's $38.36 Payout: The Price of Your Data in the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Settlement funds are being distributed to users from the Facebook privacy lawsuit, concluding one of the largest data breach cases. The lawsuit addressed allegations that Facebook improperly shared user data with third parties like Cambridge Analytica without consent. Most eligible users are rece...
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ParkMobile Fined $1 Per Victim in 22 Million User Data Breach
ParkMobile has settled a class action lawsuit from a 2021 data breach, offering affected users up to $1 in in-app credits that must be manually claimed and expire for most by October 2026. The breach exposed personal data of nearly 22 million customers, including names, emails, and vehicle detail...
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Apple Sued for Allegedly Delaying Siri Features
Apple faces a class action lawsuit over allegations of misleading marketing after delaying two key Siri features, with plaintiffs claiming they would not have bought an iPhone 16 or would have paid less had they known. Apple argues the delay of only two features is insufficient grounds for the la...
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Judge Halts Anthropic's $1.5B Book Piracy Settlement
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and authors, citing concerns that authors felt pressured to accept terms negotiated without sufficient transparency. The judge questioned the fairness of the deal and demanded clearer data on the number of books i...
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Google Fined $425M in Landmark Privacy Violation Case
A federal jury ordered Google to pay $425 million for continuing to collect user data even after individuals disabled tracking features, marking one of the largest penalties for digital privacy violations. The class action lawsuit, representing about 98 million users, accused Google of unlawfully...
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Authors Hail "Historic" Settlement in Anthropic Class Action
A landmark settlement has been reached between authors and Anthropic, potentially setting a precedent for the use of copyrighted works in AI training without permission or compensation. The case, certified as the largest copyright class action in history, involves up to seven million claimants wh...
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Anthropic to Pay Authors $1.5B in AI Copyright Deal
Anthropic has agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit over copyright infringement, setting a major precedent for AI companies and compensating authors approximately $3,000 per work. The settlement applies to an estimated 500,000 works and may expand, with Anthropic n...
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Apple Sued for Using Pirated Books to Train AI
Apple is being sued by authors for allegedly training its AI systems on the Books3 dataset, which contains pirated books, without permission or compensation. The lawsuit, seeking class-action status, aims to stop Apple from using such materials and to secure financial damages for copyright infrin...
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Google to Pay $68 Million in Privacy Settlement Over Recorded Conversations
Google has agreed to a $68 million settlement over a lawsuit alleging its Assistant feature sometimes activated accidentally, recording private conversations without consent and sharing snippets with third parties for advertising. The lawsuit argued these false activations, triggered by backgroun...
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Elon Musk Settles $128M Twitter Exec Lawsuit
Elon Musk has settled a $128 million lawsuit with four former Twitter executives, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, whom he fired after acquiring the company for $44 billion in 2022. The executives claimed Musk denied them severance as retaliation for holding him to his initial purchase commitment,...
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Judge Slams $1.5B AI Settlement as Forced on Authors
A federal judge criticized a proposed $1.5 billion settlement for inadequately protecting authors and lacking transparency in Anthropic's alleged use of pirated books to train its AI systems. The settlement covers only a small fraction of the potential damages and works involved, while Anthropic ...
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OpenAI Faces Scrutiny Over Deleted Pirated Book Data
A court has ordered OpenAI to disclose confidential communications about its deletion of the "Books 1" and "Books 2" datasets, which were compiled from sources like LibGen and are central to a copyright lawsuit alleging ChatGPT was trained on pirated books. The plaintiffs argue OpenAI's shifting ...
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