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Google parent agrees to $310M misconduct lawsuit settlement

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NEW YORK (AP) — Google’s parent company has reached a $310 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit over its treatment of allegations of executives’ sexual misconduct.

Alphabet Inc. said Friday that it will prohibit severance packages for anyone fired for misconduct or is the subject of a sexual misconduct investigation. A special team will investigate any allegations against executives and report to the board’s audit committee.

Thousands of Google employees walked out of work in protest in 2018 after The New York Times revealed Android creator Andy Rubin received $90 million in severance even though several employees had filed misconduct allegations against him. Shareholder lawsuits followed, and in 2019 Google launched a board investigation over how it handles sexual misconduct allegations.

In January, David Drummond, the Alphabet’s legal chief, left without an exit package, following accusations of inappropriate relationships with employees. The company didn’t give a reason for his departure,

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Facebook users in Illinois may qualify for a $400 settlement check

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  • Illinois Facebook users may be eligible for up to $400 after a settlement was reached involving the website’s facial-tagging feature.
  • Facebook originally tried to settle for $550 million, but a judge bumped the number up to $650 million. 
  • In order to qualify, users must have lived in Illinois for six months and have a profile before 2017.
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Some Facebook users in Illinois are eligible for up to $400 after a settlement was reached involving Facebook’s tagging feature, according to the Chicago Sun Times.

In July, Reuters reported that Facebook agreed to pay $650 million after a lawsuit was filed alleging the company violated the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act. The law states “[no] private entity may collect, store, or use biometric identifiers or information without providing prior notice to and obtaining a written release or consent from the subject,” according to Bloomberg Law.

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Introduced Talents Settlement Formality can be Handle in Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City Directly

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Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City of Sanya is located in the west of Sanya City, Hainan Province, adjacent to Nanshan Cultural Tourism Area and Fairyland. It mainly consists of Nanfan Science & Technology City, Deep Sea Science & Technology City, University City, Nanshan Harbor, Central Fishing Port and Global Animal and Plant Germ-plasm Resources Introduction and Transfer Base. Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City of Sanya is an important carrier for Hainan Province to carry out the spirit of General Secretary Xi’s speech on April 13 and document No.12 pilot projects in Hainan Province, Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City is committed to building a national deep-sea science and technology innovation center, “Nanfan Silicon Valley” and an agglomeration place of deep integration of industry, university, research, and city.

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Alphabet has reached a settlement over sexual harassment cases

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  • Google parent Alphabet has settled a shareholder lawsuit that accused the company of mishandling sexual harassment claims.
  • The settlement eliminates forced arbitration for employees, and limit the use of non-disclosure agreements.
  • It’s also agreed to spend $310 million on corporate diversity programs over the next decade.
  • Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.

Alphabet has settled a shareholder lawsuit that accused the company’s board of mishandling sexual harassment claims.

As per details shared by one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, the settlement eliminates the forcing of employees involved in discrimination or harassment disputes to settle with private arbitration, and limits Google’s use of non-disclosure agreements.

It was also agreed that employees who depart the company while under investigation for claims of sexual misconduct will not receive any severance or compensation.

Google also agreed to spend $310 million on corporate diversity programs over 10 years as part of the settlement. Those efforts

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Introduced Talents Settlement Formality can be Handle in Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City Directly – Press Release

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Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City of Sanya is located in the west of Sanya City, Hainan Province, adjacent to Nanshan Cultural Tourism Area and Fairyland. It mainly consists of Nanfan Science & Technology City, Deep Sea Science & Technology City, University City, Nanshan Harbor, Central Fishing Port and Global Animal and Plant Germ-plasm Resources Introduction and Transfer Base. Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City of Sanya is an important carrier for Hainan Province to carry out the spirit of General Secretary Xi’s speech on April 13 and document No.12 pilot projects in Hainan Province, Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City is committed to building a national deep-sea science and technology innovation center, “Nanfan Silicon Valley” and an agglomeration place of deep integration of industry, university, research, and city.

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How Illinois Facebook Users Can Get A Settlement Payment From A Class Action Unit

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Live in Illinois and use Facebook? Bad news: the platform may have stored your information about your face without consent. But now there’s good news: you might be able to claim part of a cash settlement.

Facebook recently settled an Illinois suit which claimed that its collection of “face prints” for its face tagging photo feature violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The suit alleges that the social network stored the prints of users from June 7, 2011, to Aug. 19, 2020, which the company itself disputes.

“We decided to pursue a settlement as it was in the best interest of our community and our shareholders to move past this matter,” a Facebook spokesman told the New York Times about the matter.

Individuals are eligible for the settlement if they resided in Illinois and had a Facebook profile that was stored from June 7, 2011, onward. If you believe

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