In re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN RE FACEBOOK BIOMETRIC Case No. 15-cv-03747-JD

INFORMATION PRIVACY LITIGATION

ORDER RE FINAL APPROVAL,

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS,

AND INCENTIVE AWARDS

10 Re: Dkt. Nos. 499, 517

By any measure, the $650 million settlement in this biometric privacy class action is a landmark result. It is one the largest settlements ever for a privacy violation, and it will put at least $345 into the hands of every class member interested in being compensated. At the Court’s request, the parties jointly developed an innovative notice and claims procedure that generated an impressive claims rate. The settlement attracted widespread support from the class, and drew only three objections out of millions of class members. All of this was achieved in the context of a new and untested statute, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), 740 Ill. Comp. Stat. 14/1 et seq. (2008). The case raised several complicated and intensely litigated issues, including the…