SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- If you've lived in California over the past seven years, you could be entitled to a payout from a $27.5 million lawsuit settlement against media giant Thomson Reuters. The class action lawsuit was filed by East Bay activist Cat Brooks and Oakland-based journalist Rasheed Shabazz in 2020 against Thomson Reuters in connection to its CLEAR platform. Not to be confused with the similarly named airport security system, CLEAR is an online investigative software platform that the company markets to governments and law enforcement agencies. According to the CLEAR website, the platform "powers professionals to complete investigations quickly and efficiently." ‘Four more years of bull***t’: Schwarzenegger endorses Harris, slams Trump However, according to a 2022 complaint filed by Brooks and Shabazz "on behalf of all others similarly situated," Thomson Reuters leveraged CLEAR to make money by collecting "a vast quantity of photos, identifying information, and personal data of American consumers, including Californians, without their consent." The complaint went on to allege that the media company then sold that information to "corporations, law enforcement, and government agencies." "Those whose identities the company sells, however, receive no compensation," the complaint continued. "Most of them don't even know it is happening." The complaint went on to state that, "CLEAR provides access to both public and non-public information about hundreds of millions of people and offers comprehensive cradle-to-grave dossiers on each person, including names, photographs, criminal history, relatives, associated, financial information, and employment information." Thomson Reuters has denied all wrongdoing in relation to the complaint. However, the company did agree to putting $27.5 million into a settlement escrow account. The media company also agreed to "delete locally hosted CLEAR data that Thomson Reuters reasonably determines" pertains to California residents who submit data deletion requests and verify their identity and residency. If you'd like to submit a claim, you can do so here. News of this settlement was initially reported in SFGate.