122K Cy Pres Award Approved In $27.5M Thomson Reuters Data-Selling Settlement

( March 17, 2026, 8:34 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge approved the cy pres distribution of $122,101.51 in remaining funds to a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization from a $27.5 million settlement of a class action over Thomson Reuters Corp.’s online gathering and sale of personally identifiable information (PII) of Californians, holding that the nonprofit has the requisite nexus to the privacy claims asserted on behalf of the class....