Facebook Privacy Settlement
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Where this case stands
Final approval hearing held October 10, 2023
Claims closed. The court docket does not yet show a final approval order. Once one is entered, payments usually follow within three to twelve months.
Pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (No. MDL No. 2843).
- October 10, 2023Final approval hearing
The court hears any objections and decides whether to approve the settlement.
What happened
Facebook allegedly broke the law by enabling third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access U.S.-based Facebook users' personal content and information without their knowledge or consent beginning in 2007. Facebook also allegedly failed to properly protect users' content and information from misuse or unauthorized access by third parties.
Do you qualify?
U.S.-based Facebook users whose personal content and information was accessed by third parties without their knowledge or consent beginning in 2007.
How to file
The claim filing and opt-out/objection deadlines have passed. The settlement became effective on May 22, 2025. For additional information, visit the settlement website at https://facebookuserprivacysettlement.com/.
Common questions
- How much does the Facebook Privacy Settlement pay?
- The settlement fund is $725M.Why settlement checks are smaller than the headline number →
- What is the status of the Facebook Privacy Settlement?
- Final approval hearing held October 10, 2023. Claims closed. The court docket does not yet show a final approval order. Once one is entered, payments usually follow within three to twelve months.
- Is the Facebook Privacy Settlement notice real, or a scam?
- Claims are filed only at facebookuserprivacysettlement.com. Filing is always free, and no administrator asks for payment or a full Social Security number by email or text.How to tell a real settlement notice from a scam →
In the news
- New Mexico Seeks Up to $40 Billion From Meta in Data Privacy CaseActivistpost.com · October 17, 2026
- 'What Meta's Money Is Buying': DOJ Halts Probe of Facebook Owner That Has Given Trump MillionsCommon Dreams · October 16, 2026
- The Supreme Court Is Leaning Toward a Digital Privacy VictoryThe New Republic · October 16, 2026
- Court appears likely to allow internet suit based on decades-old video privacy law to go forwardFreerepublic.com · October 15, 2026
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