Facebook user profile data privacy $725M class action settlement

Updates:

• The court will not likely hear a pair of appeals in the Facebook class action settlement until the first half of 2025 or later. 
• There may be additional delays after the court hears the appeals and prior to a decision, according to the settlement website.  
• There may also be more proceedings after the appeal is decided that could further delay distributions of settlement funds. 
• Facebook agreed to the $725 million settlement to resolve claims it shared user data to third parties without permission. 
• Individuals who were Facebook users in the United States from May 24, 2007, to Dec. 22, 2022, may be eligible to benefit from the class action settlement. 

• Two appeals were filed in this settlement on Nov. 9, 2023.
• Claims will not be paid until all appeals are resolved.

• The court granted this settlement final approval Oct. 10, 2023.
• Let Top Class Actions know when you receive a check in the comments section below or on our Settlements & Payouts Facebook group.

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Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to a $725 million class action settlement resolving claims that Facebook (now Meta Platforms Inc.) shared or otherwise made accessible to third parties Facebook user data and data about users’ friends without permission of the users whose data was shared and did not sufficiently monitor and enforce third-party access or use of that data. 

The settlement class includes all Facebook users in the United States between May 24, 2007, and Dec. 22, 2022, inclusive (the “class period”). The settlement class does not include: (i) all persons who are directors, officers, legal representatives, alleged co-conspirators and agents of defendant or its wholly or partly owned subsidiaries or affiliated companies or employees of defendant or its subsidiaries and affiliated companies; (ii) counsel for any plaintiff whose case was consolidated into this MDL and their employees, including but not limited to class counsel for plaintiffs and their employees; (iii) the special master, discovery mediators and settlement mediator who participated in this case and their staff; and the judges and court staff, as well as any appellate court to which this matter is ever assigned; and (iv) eligible persons who elect to opt out of the settlement class.

Meta Platforms is a technology company that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other platforms.

If the court approves the settlement, Meta will establish a settlement fund of $725 million to pay all valid claims submitted by the settlement class members, as well as notice and administration expenses, any attorneys’ fees and costs and any service awards for the settlement class representatives. 

The amount class members will be paid depends on how many class members submit valid claims and how long they were users on Facebook during the class period. 

The court has scheduled a final approval hearing for Sept. 7, 2023.

Class members who wish to exclude themselves from or object to the Facebook class action settlement must do so no later than July 26, 2023.

The deadline to submit a claim form is Aug. 25, 2023.

Who’s Eligible

All Facebook users in the United States between May 24, 2007, and Dec. 22, 2022, subject to the exclusions described above.

Potential Award

Varies.

Proof of Purchase

N/A

Claim Form

NOTE: If you do not qualify for this settlement do NOT file a claim.

Remember: you are submitting your claim under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. If you’re unsure if you qualify, please read the FAQ section of the Settlement Administrator’s website to ensure you meet all standards (Top Class Actions is not a Settlement Administrator). If you don’t qualify for this settlement, check out our database of other open class action settlements you may be eligible for.

Claim Form Deadline

08/25/2023

Case Name

In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, Case No. 3:18-md-02843-VC, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Final Hearing

09/07/2023

Settlement Website

FacebookUserPrivacySettlement.com

Claims Administrator

Facebook Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation
c/o Settlement Administrator
1650 Arch Street, Suite 2210
Philadelphia, PA 19103
[email protected]
855-556-2233

Class Counsel

KELLER ROHRBACK LLP

BLEICHMAR FONTI & AULD LLP

Defense Counsel

GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP