Earlier quoted context omitted.
it's worse: anything you put on a computer will become public. Paper and pen rule.
Paper can be read, that’s why I whisper all my secrets into my seashell.
I just forget my secrets so nobody can know them.
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
#152> 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…
>allowing the company to remain liable indefinitely.
Why is a company continuing to be responsible for its past actions problematic?
Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement
#153> 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…
Yea. In Sweden we have something similar but it is very very very limited (so in practice they are almost never used). That results in the fact that you can pretty much get away with doing small damages to a large number of people. Because each person would have to sue on their own (and in Sweden there is no punitive damages so you can only recover what damage you actually had) and it doesn't really make sense to sue a company to recover say 50 usd if you have to pay the lawyer 20 000 usd. So class actions are imperfect but I would say they are way better than not having them and needing to sue individually.
Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement
#154One thing I don't like about these class action settlements is there's no way to easily know if the site you're putting all your information on is legit or not. An attacker could easily make a fake site which could serve as a possible vector for future attacks. This is really the kind of thing that should be behind a .gov TLD or something of that nature.
> there's no way to easily know Usually, I go to a source that I trust such as a particular news organization or an actual .gov site in order to verify. Then, I check another source that I trust. Definitely annoying, but it only takes a minute or two. Honestly. It’s interesting that you say that it should be behind a .gov or a particular TLD. Have you ever tried to reclaim “lost” money/property from your state’s trea…
I rather think the naming is so that as little people as possible trust the site, so less people claim the money they are entitled to.
Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement
#155> 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…
Because if there weren’t some mechanism that has the effect of severely limiting liability beyond the class action settlement, corporate interests would be unhappy. Keeping corporate interests happy trumps your rights.
Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement
#156https://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…
I wonder how they are preventing the claiming of several payments?
Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement
#157This reminded me of a Google settlement, which we only have 2 days to claim.
https://www.refererheadersettlement.com/
I keep getting an "Unexpected Error has Occurred"...how convenient.
Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement
#158If I signed up for this settlement (what feels like) six months ago, do I have to do anything now?
Re: Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of the $725M settlement
#159> 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…
There’s no point in acting all surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years.
Loved that book/movie!
“But the plans were on display…” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the display department.” “With a flashlight.” “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.” “So had the stairs.” “But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?” “Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”