In Re: TikTok, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation

  1. January 26, 2024

    TikTok's $92M Biometric Deal Doesn't Bar Browser Claims

    TikTok can't use a $92 million biometric privacy settlement finalized in 2022 to duck 13 additional lawsuits over TikTok's in-app browser that were later transferred to a multidistrict litigation, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

  2. April 13, 2023

    TikTok Data Tracking Claims Join $92M Biometric MDL

    Five lawsuits against TikTok for illegally harvesting user data were transferred to Illinois federal court on Wednesday to become part of multidistrict litigation that settled last year.

  3. August 22, 2022

    $92M TikTok Biometric Deal Gets Ill. Court's Final Blessing

    An Illinois federal judge gave his final sign-off Monday to a $92 million biometric privacy settlement between social media platform TikTok and a class of users who accused the company of misusing their biometric data.

  4. May 18, 2022

    Class Fights To Land Final OK Of $92M TikTok Privacy Deal

    Class counsel urged an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to give his final blessing to a "tremendous" $92 million settlement resolving biometric and other data privacy claims against TikTok and its parent company over continued objections to the fairness and value of the deal.

  5. April 28, 2022

    TikTok Says Mass Opt-Out Improper In $92M Privacy Deal

    TikTok argued Wednesday that an Illinois federal judge should reject more than 2,200 class members' bid to opt out of a $92 million biometric privacy deal because their requests were improperly solicited and violate its settlement agreement.

  6. April 15, 2022

    TikTok Objectors Bash Lack Of Buy-In For $92M Privacy Pact

    Two objectors are stepping up pressure on an Illinois federal judge to reject a $92 million deal resolving biometric and other data privacy claims against TikTok and its parent company, arguing that the failure of nearly 99% of the settlement class to submit a claim demonstrates the pact's deficiencies. 

  7. October 01, 2021

    $92M TikTok Privacy Deal Gets Ill. Judge's Early OK

    An Illinois federal judge has given his early blessing to a $92 million settlement resolving biometric and other data privacy claims against TikTok and its parent company, finding the deal fair despite several objections over its value to class members.

  8. April 19, 2021

    Ill. Judge Again Asked To Weigh Approval Of $92M TikTok Deal

    TikTok users who accused the social media giant of privacy violations in multidistrict litigation again asked an Illinois federal judge Monday to grant initial approval to a $92 million settlement over the concerns of objectors questioning its value for the class and, most recently, the proposed procedures for opting out.

  9. April 05, 2021

    Objectors To $92M TikTok Privacy Deal Push For Arbitration

    Nearly 1,000 users accusing TikTok of biometric privacy violations as part of multidistrict litigation have urged an Illinois federal court to reject a $92 million settlement in the case, arguing that the agreed-upon deal blocks their right to individually arbitrate their claims.

  10. March 24, 2021

    TikTok Users Defend $92M Biometric Privacy Deal

    TikTok users that accused the social media giant of biometric privacy violations in multidistrict litigation defended a $92 million settlement to an Illinois federal judge, saying the deal was subject to "rigorous analysis" and pushing back on objectors' concerns it undervalued claims.

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