Apple could forfeit $32.5 billion

Apple is facing a $32.5 billion class-action lawsuit from up to 6.5 million
consumers in the U.S. state of Illinois, who accuse the tech giant of
illegally collecting facial recognition data through its Photos app

SOME OF THE LARGEST TECH PRIVACY PAYOUTS EVER

Firm
Reason
Fine

1 Meta 2019 Cambridge Analytica illegally
harvests personal user data $5.00bn

2 Meta 2023 Unlawful transfer of EU
user data to U.S. servers $1.31bn

3 Didi 2022 Illegal collection of passenger
biometeric data in China $1.19bn

4 Amazon 2021 Non-consensual use of
people’s data for advertising $877m

5 TikTok 2025 Unlawful transfer of EU
user data to China servers $600m

6 Equifax 2019 Failure to secure sensitive
consumer credit data $575m

7 Meta 2025 Unlawful data processing for
unfair advertising advantage $552m

8 Meta 2023 Unlawful data processing for
unfair advertising advantage $413m

9 Meta 2022 Exposure and mishandling
of minors’ account data $403m

10 TikTok 2023 Exposure and mishandling
of minors’ account data $370m

Should Apple lose and have to pay full amount, it would be more than
six times bigger than previous heftiest payout from Meta in 2019

Sources: Times, CSO, CNBC, Reuters
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