Tech giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit currently pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuit came after the Cambridge Analytica scandal that shook the social platform five years ago. The political consulting firm exploited a loophole and used a quiz app to access the personal information of over 80 million Facebook users residing in the US. As a result, approximately 85 million people are eligible to participate and potentially qualify for a piece of the $725 million settlement. The social media company denied any wrongdoing but agreed to pay out the lump sum to users located in the USA who have been affected by the scandal and have used the social platform at some point over the last fifteen years. Any Facebook users in the United States between May 24th, 2007, and December 22nd, 2022, are eligible to participate in the class action suit. People who do not submit a claim will not get any money, so anyone interested in participating needs to file a claim at https://www.facebookuserprivacysettlement.com/. Individual Facebook users can receive only one payment per person even if the
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Are you eligible for a piece of the $725 million Facebook settlement? – Panda Security
