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Ryan Lovelace

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Ryan Lovelace was a national security reporter for The Washington Times.

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Facebook unveiled their new Meta sign at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2021. Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has settled a decade-old class-action lawsuit, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022,  over the company’s use of “cookies” in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online even after they logged off the Facebook platform. As part of the proposed settlement, which must still be approved by a judge, Meta has agreed to delete all the data it wrongfully collected during the period. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar) **FILE**

Facebook to pay $90 million to settle data privacy lawsuit

Facebook is set to pay $90 million to settle a privacy lawsuit alleging the social network impermissibly tracked users after they logged out of the platform, according to a proposed preliminary settlement filed in federal court.

February 15, 2022