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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 bmacho »

swarnie wrote: post #33
bmacho wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Domains that you block, if you don't want to connect to them: facebookuserprivacysettlement.com www.facebookuserprivacysettlement.com adsrvr.org js.adsrvr.org digitaldisbursements.com content.digitaldisbursements.com fonts.googleapis.com google.com zdassets.com static.zdassets.com No, seriously, if you don't want to connect to these sites, block them.

Ill get the average facebook user (60+ y/o boomer) right on to identifying domain links and how to block them.

I wrote it to you, not them. I thought you will find it useful.

Also I don't expect GP convincing HN users to protest or to reach out older relatives, or whatever would help the 60+ fb users, but my comment convincing HN users to not to do that.

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

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Post by boomboomsubban »

cromka wrote: post #34
LadyCailin wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got a case of free Red Bull at one point as payment. They said I could have a check for $5 or a case of product, so I took the product lol.

So making and shipping a case of red bull costs them less than $5. Or maybe they tough it would help to drawn the sorrows?

A quick search says it was a four pack of red bull, which retails for about $7 today. Probably pretty close to the same cost, and a brand would almost always rather give you product than cash. People will say "I'll take this $5 and never drink red bull again," they won't say "I'll take this case of red bull and then never drink anymore."

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

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Post by chrischen »

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.

Scams via credit card are very hard to sustain due to chargebacks.

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

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Post by geomark »

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

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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.

I got over $2000 from the class action against banks for sneaky foreign transaction fees. It did, however, require a lot of documentation.

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

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Post by ant6n »

orlp wrote: post #36

The requirements state "a Facebook user in the United States between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022". Is that true? What if you are a United States citizen, but not inside the United States during that period?

What if you are not a citizen, but spent some time in the US during that time? Do you need to have had residence at the time, or just an address, or is just being a tourist sufficient? Do you need to have had an account during that time, or did you need to have logged in during that time? Do you need to have told Facebook about that US address?

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

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Post by calebh »

I filled my claim out yesterday. The form has a section for deleted accounts, so even if you deleted or recreated account you should be good to go. All you need for the deleted account is some basic info like the email address associated with the account.

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

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Post by RuggedPineapple »

Y_Y wrote: post #29
LadyCailin wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

They've also been advertising it pretty extensively for quite a while. I signed up close to a year ago I think.

At the end of the day they aren't required to cover every edge case or possible contingency. Like the other person said, its a compromise. If everyone had to file individually, most would never get justice. The settlement gets evaluated for reasonableness by the court for exactly this issue. Not everyone is going to be reachable. For the fraction that aren't, would a reasonable person consider this an acceptable outcome?

At the end of the day its a decent solution to a thorny problem. If there's a better one then by all means propose it to some legal thinkers. But as it stands now, over the course of a very long time legal minds have decided on this and it works alright.

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

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Post by menshiki »

ant6n wrote: post #46
orlp wrote: post #36

The requirements state "a Facebook user in the United States between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022". Is that true? What if you are a United States citizen, but not inside the United States during that period?

What if you are not a citizen, but spent some time in the US during that time? Do you need to have had residence at the time, or just an address, or is just being a tourist sufficient? Do you need to have had an account during that time, or did you need to have logged in during that time? Do you need to have told Facebook about that US address?

I was wondering the exact same.

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

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Post by op00to »

ant6n wrote: post #46
orlp wrote: post #36

The requirements state "a Facebook user in the United States between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022". Is that true? What if you are a United States citizen, but not inside the United States during that period?

What if you are not a citizen, but spent some time in the US during that time? Do you need to have had residence at the time, or just an address, or is just being a tourist sufficient? Do you need to have had an account during that time, or did you need to have logged in during that time? Do you need to have told Facebook about that US address?

You don’t need to be a resident to be protected by US laws. Obviously they’re talking about location and not nationality or residence.
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