Facebook Internet Tracking Class Action Settlement ($90 Million, 2010-2011)

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Facebook has proposed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that they “improperly obtained and collected data from Facebook Users in the United States who visited non-Facebook websites that displayed the Facebook Like button between April 22, 2010 and September 26, 2011, inclusive.”

If this applies to you, first check your inbox (including spam folder) for an email from “Facebook Internet Tracking Settlement Administrator” [donotreply@fbinternettrackingsettlement.com] with the subject line “Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action.” Inside on the top of the e-mail, you should find a Notice ID and Confirmation Code that will make it easier to file a claim. My e-mail arrived in late June, but decided to wait for additional details. Nothing else came out that I am aware of, so I just went ahead and submitted a claim before I forget completely.

Submit your claim online at www.FBInternetTrackingSettlement.com. Claim form must be submitted no later than September 22, 2022. You don’t need to have received the e-mail to file a claim, but the codes may help confirm your eligibility.

Based on my past experience, I would simply submit a claim and forget about it. The claim process was quite simple and only took a minute. Choose a payment method that you are confident will still work years from now (I picked PayPal). I look forward to a random $13.44 deposit a few years down the road, but who knows, it might be bigger.

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Comments

  1. I avoid such class action suits. The lawyers make zillions & we get a free a whopper Junior, no fries & a drink

  2. Where did you get the $13.44 number? Is that just random guess of what the settlement might be ?

    There are 124M people in the class action according to the settlement.

    • Michael Anderson says

      Ha! I’ll expect my check for 73 cents in 2027. I’ll be able to buy a gumball.

      • LOL. I gave up on all the class action suits designed to enrich the attorneys .
        I get a lot of solicitations because most of my money is in stocks. Once Levi jeans sent me $2.87. So I got a small sack of gumballs.

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