Meta's Facebook settles for $90m case in US that it tracked logged-out users         

Facebook then allegedly compiled users' browsing histories into profiles that it sold to advertisers

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook denied wrongdoing but settled to avoid the costs and risks of a trial, according to settlement papers.

Facebook agreed to pay $90m (€79m) to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users' internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website.

A proposed preliminary settlement was filed this week with the US District Court in San Jose in California, and requires a judge's approval. The accord also requires Facebook to delete data it collected improperly.