SACRAMENTO — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a $20 million class action settlement that resolved privacy claims against Facebook Inc. over a feature that posted users names and images along with advertising promotions.
The so-called “sponsored stories” settlement, approved in 2013 by U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California, allotted $15 to each claimant and reserved roughly $2 million for cy pres recipients.
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