Finally! A class-action that paid off for me
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[Facebook Data Privacy Class Action Settlement](https://www.classaction.org/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-facebook-data-privacy-class-action-settlement
If you were a Facebook user between April 22, 2010 and September 26, 2011, you may be entitled to money from a recent $90 million class action settlement.
The proposed deal, which still awaits a judge’s preliminary approval, looks to end litigation that initially began back in 2012 when a group of lawsuits accused Facebook of unlawfully collecting data about the websites users visited while they were logged out of the social media platform.)
The litigation that this settlement aims to resolve began over a decade ago when Facebook users accused the social media giant of collecting data about their internet use while they were not logged into Facebook. A group of these cases was consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) in February 2012. This settlement aims to resolve the MDL and a parallel lawsuit in California state court.
Though a U.S. district judge initially dismissed the litigation, an appeals court partially reversed the decision, finding that Facebook was not exempt from liability under the Wiretap Act and that the plaintiffs had sufficiently alleged that they’d suffered economic harm.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case despite Facebook’s assertion that online companies should not be exposed to liability for “routine business activity,” and the litigation was sent back to California’s Northern District Court, where the parties began working toward a settlement.
The plaintiffs’ attorneys estimate that the $90 million settlement fund, which they describe as “one of the ten largest data privacy class action settlements ever,” represents more than the total amount Facebook gained in additional profits from allegedly collecting user data during the time period covered by the litigation.
David Straite, one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, told Law360 that the settlement “not only repairs harm done to Facebook users but sets a precedent for the future disposition of such matters.”
Usually these settlements net millions to the attorneys, and I have little doubt that this one was exceptionally profitable for the lawyers.
But, Mrs George and I each got a little help today:
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Hopefully me too. I have not used FB for years, but did sign up for an account a long time ago, and did file a lawsuit when it came out.
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@Mik and @taiwan_girl if you didn't file a claim before November of 2020, you're not part of the class, and SOL.
To have filed a valid claim under the Settlement, you must have lived in the State of Illinois for a period of at least 183 days (6 months).
The deadline to file a claim form was November 23, 2020.
If you did not file a claim by that date — even if you are an Illinois Facebook user, and meet the above above criteria—you are not a Class Action Member, and you will not receive a payout.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in Finally! A class-action that paid off for me:
@Mik and @taiwan_girl if you didn't file a claim before November of 2020, you're not part of the class, and SOL.
To have filed a valid claim under the Settlement, you must have lived in the State of Illinois for a period of at least 183 days (6 months).
The deadline to file a claim form was November 23, 2020.
If you did not file a claim by that date — even if you are an Illinois Facebook user, and meet the above above criteria—you are not a Class Action Member, and you will not receive a payout.
Yup, I qualified! Yay!!!!
