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Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Post by miked85 »

joshstrange wrote: post #14
miked85 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It usually takes years to get paid anything for these class actions, and then you might get a check for $5

This is very true but sometimes it’s worth it. I got over $3K from the price-fixing eye contact settlement. Normally signing up for these things takes less than 10min and sometimes you hit big. Though in this case I’m not expecting much.

Oh yeah, might as well do it anyways just to see what you get from it. The amount of time is pretty crazy though, at least in my experience.

Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Post by walrus »

tmikaeld wrote: post #12

Is this real? Looks like the good old scam: Enter your payment method so that you can receive the money, we just have to charge you 20$ to verify your account.

This was my first thought as well. It is linked to from a .gov website, though: https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/notices/facebook-privacy-settl...

Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Post by joshstrange »

miked85 wrote: post #21
joshstrange wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is very true but sometimes it’s worth it. I got over $3K from the price-fixing eye contact settlement. Normally signing up for these things takes less than 10min and sometimes you hit big. Though in this case I’m not expecting much.

Oh yeah, might as well do it anyways just to see what you get from it. The amount of time is pretty crazy though, at least in my experience.

Totally agree on the time. The contact settlement collected info in early 2020, I got the surprisingly large check 3 weeks ago. Now the pandemic messed with the times a bit but it’s normally years you have to wait in my experience. One day a check for $2.46 comes in the mail and you remember “oh yeah, this is for that XYZ settlement”.

Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Post by boomboomsubban »

www_harka_com wrote: post #18

"By submitting this Claim Form, I hereby swear under penalty of perjury that I am the person identified above and the information provided in this Claim Form is true and correct." What if I say I've been there, but haven't. Will anything bad happen to me?

If discovered, you could face a perjury charge which carries a risk of a fine or up to five years imprisonment (I think, that's federal law but this may only be perjury under California law.)

Though, it's probably unlikely you get caught, and unless you're filing scores of forms it's unlikely they'd bother pressing charges.

Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Post by boomboomsubban »

unnouinceput wrote: post #5
spaniard89277 wrote: post #3

Seems like a bunch of free money if you're in the US. Sadly, Im not

Not even the entire US, just the ones involved in the class action one from California.

>If you were a Facebook user in the United States between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022, inclusive, you may be eligible for a cash payment from a Class Action Settlement.

Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Post by YLYvYkHeB2NRNT »

Y_Y wrote: post #15

> IF I DO NOTHING > If you are a Settlement Class Member and you do nothing, you will give up the rights explained in Question 9, including your right to start a lawsuit, continue a lawsuit, or be part of any other lawsuit against the Defendant and the Released Parties about the legal issues or factual allegations resolved by this Settlement. In addition, you will not receive a payment from this Settlement How can I…

Let’s do something for that nickel check smh

Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 »

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.32...

They are estimating the payment will be around $35 per claimant. The settlement has not yet been approved; this website is performing no small amount of data gathering which the class action lawyers will no doubt use as evidence that the settlement should be approved.

There are a variety of objections. (Imagine if these could prevent the settlement from being approved by the court and the class action counsel wants to make them go away.)

Some of the objections asked not for more money but for the settlement to require Facebook to change its behaviour or to admit guilt. Some argued the settlement was just a way for Facebook to avoid further discovery. Quite a variety of feedback. Angry Facebook users.^1

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.32...

1. There's also some discussion of another website that takes a 15% cut of the claimant's settlement payment in return for the "service" the operator provides. He is objecting to the settlement because the settlement administrator is rejecting the claims he is submitting on behalf of other claimants. https://claimclam.typeform.com

Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Post by 36918622 »

bmacho wrote: post #7
beatthatflight wrote: post #2

Only have to provide all your personal details...again? ;)

For 50 bucks I will tell you my name, birthday, credit card, ms/google/fb id, email and physical addresses.

So far I've come across 2 comments by you in this thread and both are minimizing privacy concerns in an off-hand manner.

- to give that 50 bucks to me you would require some information from me. Just post it here and we'll upvote you, 'k? (You are trivializing access to such personal info. Just post it all here to prove your point.)

- blocking all those sites [your other comment] disables functionality.

Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement

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Post by Y_Y »

LadyCailin wrote: post #17
Y_Y wrote: post #15

> IF I DO NOTHING > If you are a Settlement Class Member and you do nothing, you will give up the rights explained in Question 9, including your right to start a lawsuit, continue a lawsuit, or be part of any other lawsuit against the Defendant and the Released Parties about the legal issues or factual allegations resolved by this Settlement. In addition, you will not receive a payment from this Settlement How can I…

That’s why class actions require the assent of a judge. Because they are a compromise between getting justice for the largest number of people, and efficient handling of the cases. It’s imperfect, but so is requiring every one of the millions of individual to file their own lawsuit, or allowing the company to remain liable indefinitely. Having said that, I assume they are required to make an honest effort to notify a…

Is a Facebook notification sufficient? That seems to bear an implication that you're required to have kept using Facebook all this time, despite their misdeeds and general decline in popularity.
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