The target organization agreed to pay multi-million dollar compensation to Facebook users after the Cambridge Analytica case, which accessed the data of 87 million accounts on the social network during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
As agreed, Meta will pay 725 million dollars that will be distributed among users who claim their personal data violation.
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Among the requirements are: to be a person from the United States, who had an active account between May 24, 2007 and December 22, 2022in addition to completing a form that can be completed online or printed and mailed.
Here you can find the options, if it is one of the users that applies:
However, users also have other options, if they do not want to receive class action compensation.
“You can choose not to participate in the Settlement and not receive any payment. This option allows you to sue, continue to sue, or be part of another lawsuit against Defendant about the legal claims and factual allegations resolved by this Settlement. You can choose to hire your own legal advisor at your own expense”, he clarifies Facebook in the portal created for this case.
Yes indeed, Meta advises that “the only way to receive a cash payment from this Settlement is by submitting a Claim Form duly completed and in a timely manner that obtains the approval of the Settlement Administrator. The Claim Form must be submitted no later than August 25, 2023.”
It should be remembered that The Cambridge Analytica case occurred during the electoral campaign of former President Donald Trumpafter it was confirmed in 2016 that this firm accessed the data of at least 87 million Facebook users, seeking to influence the United States presidential elections to favor the then Republican candidate.
The information they accessed was used to try to identify all Americans that they still hadn’t decided who to vote for and persuade them to vote for Trump.
In fact, later, the director and creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, had to testify before the United States Congress and before the courts to talk about the security flaws in that social network.
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Said financial compensation was agreed on December 23, 2022thus becoming what is considered the largest economic settlement ever achieved by a class action lawsuit.
Among the measures taken by Meta is Facebook’s decision to deactivate the option to search for a user by entering their phone number or emailhas been abused by “malicious actors” and deleted call and text logs on Messenger and Facebook Lite that are over one year old.
