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In re Facebook, Inc., Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation

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Case Number:

3:18-md-02843

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Vince Chhabria

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  1. November 03, 2023

    Meta Pays Interest For Delay In Funding $725M Privacy Pact

    Meta missed a deadline to fund a $725 million settlement with Facebook users to resolve privacy claims over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, so the social media giant agreed to fork over additional money for lost interest, according to documents filed in California federal court Friday. 

  2. October 10, 2023

    Facebook Users' Attys Get $185M In $725M Meta Privacy Deal

    Counsel representing a class of more than 200 million Facebook users will take home nearly $181 million in fees and $4 million in costs after a California federal judge Tuesday granted final approval to the $725 million deal resolving privacy claims over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal.

  3. September 07, 2023

    Facebook Jurist 'Blown Away' By Record Reply To $725M Deal

    A California federal judge considering final approval of Facebook's $725 million deal to end allegations of data impropriety lauded the high rate of class participation, saying on Thursday he's "blown away" that over 17.7 million valid claims have been submitted in what may be the largest response to a U.S. class action.

  4. August 09, 2023

    Facebook Users Say $725M Privacy Settlement Is 'Pragmatic'

    The plaintiffs who engineered a $725 million settlement with Facebook to resolve allegations of data impropriety want a California federal judge to approve the deal, saying it has proven remarkably popular and allows for an equitable distribution of financial relief.

  5. July 27, 2023

    Objectors Say $725M Facebook Privacy Deal Is Unfair, Unclear

    Meta Platforms Inc. is facing a slate of new objections over its $725 million settlement to resolve concerns arising from the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal as litigants cast the agreement as overly broad and unfairly favorable to certain Facebook users.

  6. July 12, 2023

    Facebook Users Laud 6% Claims Rate In $725M Privacy Deal

    A class of more than 200 million Facebook users asked a California federal judge Tuesday to grant final approval to their landmark $725 million deal resolving privacy claims against Meta Platforms Inc. over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, touting the nearly 6% claims rate as "well above claims rates approved in other large settlements."

  7. June 22, 2023

    CORRECTION: Facebook Users' Attys Seek $185M In $725M Meta Privacy Deal

    Counsel representing a preliminarily certified class of more than 200 million Facebook users asked a California federal judge Wednesday to award them $181.25 million in fees and $4.1 million in costs for securing a $725 million deal to resolve privacy claims over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal.

  8. March 29, 2023

    Meta Secures Initial OK On $725M Cambridge Analytica Deal

    A California federal judge granted preliminary approval to Meta Platforms Inc.'s $725 million deal with consumers suing over Facebook's involvement in the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, certifying a sprawling settlement class that may include hundreds of millions of Facebook users.

  9. March 07, 2023

    $725M Meta Data Harvesting Deal Holds Over State Concerns

    A California federal judge has denied New Mexico's bid to intervene in litigation stemming from Facebook's involvement in the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal but postponed preliminary approval of Meta's $725 million deal to end the claims over concerns that states might be precluded from pursuing separate financial damages.

  10. March 02, 2023

    New Mexico Stalls Facebook's $725M Data Harvesting Deal

    A California federal judge Thursday held off granting preliminary approval to Facebook's $725 million settlement resolving multidistrict litigation over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal after New Mexico's counsel questioned whether it releases that state's claims, but the judge indicated this "small question" is unlikely to hold up the "reasonable settlement" for very long.

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