Same San Francisco judge Jon S. Tigar presided over Apple class action privacy hearing.
In urging US District Judge Jon Tigar to approve the deal, one of
the leading attorneys on the case defended the arrangement and
said it "compares favorably on a per head basis" with other
Silicon Valley privacy settlements.
Attorney David Given noted the recent $20 million settlement over
the unauthorized use of 124 million Facebook users' likenesses in
"sponsored stories" advertisements. He also pointed out a $9
million deal, affecting 62 million class members, concerning
Google divulging users' search terms. And finally, there was an
$8.5 million settlement, affecting 37 million class members,
concerning Google Buzz allegedly violating Gmail users' privacy.
What Given did not note, however, was that the lawyers in those
cases were awarded millions in fees and expenses.
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