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13-year Google privacy settlement pays litigants the equivalent of a Big Mac meal (www.theregister.com)
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 11 months ago

Except the amounts nuts corporations like Google are paying out amounts to just hours of business. It’s not punitive in any way. These low-ball payouts are just a minor cost of doing business for them, and not a disincentive from future bad behavior.