Oracle America, a software and marketing company, agreed to a $115 million settlement after a Northern California district court filed a complaint that the tech giant was tracking user activity both online and offline. The deadline to file a claim for a cut of the settlement is Thursday, Oct. 17.
Oracle was “deliberate and purposeful” in its surveillance of internet browsers, recording the personal information of millions of people, according to the lawsuit. Those using the web had no way of consenting to the privacy violations.
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