Ask HN: How much money did you get from the Facebook privacy settlement?

#1

Post by underlipton » Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 3:53 PM UTC

About $38 myself. ChatGPT gives an estimate of about $250 made off tracking my browsing activity between 2007 and 2022, so pretty sweet margins in the "violating privacy rights" enterprise. /s

How can we expect companies to respect consumer rights when they only get a slap on the wrist for violating them?

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#2

Post by Haeuserschlucht » Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 5:34 PM UTC

what happened

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#3

Post by digianarchist » Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 5:44 PM UTC

Nothing. Filled out the form and heard nothing since.

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#4

Post by ksherlock » Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 7:32 PM UTC

$31.22

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#5

Post by al_borland » Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 11:57 PM UTC

I didn’t find out about it until it was too late to throw my name in the hat.

$38 is an insult.

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#6

Post by muzani » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 7:51 AM UTC

It's a privacy tax.

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#7

Post by intheitmines » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 3:14 PM UTC

digianarchist wrote: post #3

Nothing. Filled out the form and heard nothing since.

I got no notification, just a deposit to the bank account I submitted

Re: Ask HN: How much money did you get from the Facebook privacy settlement?

#8

Post by intheitmines » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 3:14 PM UTC

$25

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#9

Post by Halian » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 12:05 AM UTC

$20

I was hoping it’d be an actually meaningful amount, especially since I’m on disability.

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#10

Post by sharts » Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 6:12 AM UTC

$4.86