Did you receive a notice from Meta Platforms? Did you receive a mail about a class action settlement to resolve Meta Platforms location data privacy $37.5M lawsuit? This review will help you partake in the class action settlement after confirming the authenticity of the mail.
What Is Meta Platforms location data privacy $37.5M Class Action Settlement?
This lawsuit alleges Meta improperly inferred the location of Facebook users in the United States through their IP addresses even if a Facebook user had turned off location services on their iOS or Android device for the Facebook application. The name of the case is Lundy, et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc., Case No. 3:18-cv-06793-JD, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
What Is This Class Action All About?
Consumers may file a claim if they reside in the United States, used Facebook between Jan. 30, 2015, and April 18, 2018, inclusive, and believe their iOS or Android Location Services setting for the Facebook application was turned off at any point during that period.
Meta expressly denies any liability or wrongdoing.
If the settlement is approved by the court, the defendant will establish a settlement fund of $37.5 million to pay all valid claims submitted by the settlement class members (unless deemed economically or administratively infeasible as determined by the court), as well as notice and administration expenses, attorneys’ fees and costs, and service awards for the settlement class representatives.
If the court determines the number of claims made renders it economically or administratively infeasible to pay money to persons who make a timely and valid claim, payment will instead be made to non-profit organizations as approved by the court. In other words, in this situation, class members who made claims will not receive payment, but rather the settlement fund will be distributed to non-profit organizations.
Who Is Eligible?
The settlement benefits all natural persons residing in the United States who used Facebook between Jan. 30, 2015, and April 18, 2018, inclusive, and whose iOS or Android Location Services setting for the Facebook application was turned off at any point during that period, but whose location information was inferred by Facebook via the user’s IP Addresses.
How To Be Part of This Settlement
For class member to partake in this settlement, class members who wish to exclude themselves from the settlement must do so no later than Aug. 11, 2023. Settlement class members who wish to object to the settlement must do so no later than Oct. 5, 2023. The deadline to submit a claim form is Aug. 11, 2023.
What Is The Pay For This Settlement?
The pay for this settlement varies and the proof of purchase is not necessary.
Conclusion
As you submit your claim to the settlement website FacebookLocationSettlement.com, just like the Twitter class action settlement we have reviewed, you’re doing so under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. The court has scheduled a final approval hearing at 10 a.m. Pacific on Oct. 19, 2023.
