Claims part of the $725 million settlement that Facebook’s parent company agreed to pay to settle a class action lawsuit if you used Facebook in the United States between May 2007 and December 2022 You can apply to According to the billing site Set by the payment manager.
Users can enter their information at facebookuserprivacysettlement.com to get paid by bank account, Venmo, or other methods. The size of the payout is likely to be small and depends on how many people have filed valid claims and how long each applicant has been a Facebook user of hers during the period covered by the lawsuit. Payments are split between claimants, giving more to those who use the site longer.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Agreed to settle a class action lawsuit last year It accused the company of sharing user data and allowing third parties, such as data and political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, to access it without users’ permission. A class action lawsuit refers to when one or more individuals file a lawsuit on behalf of others who make similar claims, alleging that Facebook does not monitor the access or use of its data by third parties. bottom.
A long-running lawsuit follows the discovery in 2018 of Cambridge Analytica’s unauthorized use of the personal information of millions of users’ Facebook profiles, resulting in the largest data breach in Facebook’s history. raised. The breach allowed Cambridge Analytica to access the social media activities of millions of her Facebook users in the United States to create voter profiles and support the campaign of former President Donald J. Trump in 2016. I was able to.
Meta denies liability or wrongdoing. Cambridge Analytica said data from her 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been inappropriately shared with Cambridge Analytica during the 2016 election.
Approved applicants will be allocated 1 point for each month they had an activated Facebook account. The Settlement Administrator then sums the total points allocated to all Claimants and divides that number by the Net Settlement Amount ($725 million minus administrative and other fees), Determines the amount available for each point. According to the settlement website, each claimant will receive an amount multiplied by the number of points assigned to that amount.
Meta Directors and Legal Representatives are not covered by the Settlement.the user is Until August 25th By entering your mailing address, email address, phone number, Facebook username, and verifying that you were active on Facebook between May 24, 2007 and December 22, 2022.
A final hearing to approve the settlement is scheduled for September 7 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
