Check your email: You may finally be soon getting a check as part of a $725 million Facebook settlement that dates back to 2023.
The settlement, which was reached with Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. followed a lawsuit that alleged Facebook made users data available to third parties without their permission. It also claimed the platform did not monitor or enforce third-party access to the data they received.
According to a settlement website, the suit was finalized in May 2025 after a series of appeals. Payments to claimants began in August and were expected to continue over the next 10 weeks, the site said.
Emails obtained by NBC Chicago sent to claimants Sept. 8 said that distribution of settlement benefits “will comment in September, and payments will be sent in batches over the following 10 weeks.”
“You will receive an additional email notice approximately 3-4 days before your settlement payment is issued,” the email said. “Please continue to check your email during this time period.”
As payments continue to go out, here’s what to know.
What is the settlement for?
The settlement was reached with Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms Inc. following a lawsuit, which alleged Facebook made users’ data available to third parties without their permission and claimed the platform did not monitor or enforce third-party access to the data they received. That includes the collection of data by now-defunct political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which went on to be used for political advertising on the platform.
Who is eligible to file a claim?
The guidelines for the settlement were expanded before the claim deadline to include even more users.
Anybody who was a U.S. Facebook user at any point between May 24, 2007 and Dec. 22, 2022 was eligible to file a claim.
Under the last update, individuals who held Facebook accounts during the class period of the lawsuit that are now deleted were also eligible to file a claim.
The deadline to submit a claim passed on Aug. 25, 2023.
How much money could I receive in a payment?
The payment size for each individual ultimately depends on how long each person was a Facebook user and how many users ultimately file a claim before the deadline, the settlement administrator says.
Administrative and court costs will initially be deducted from the overall settlement total, creating a “net settlement fund,” which payments will be paid out of from.
The amount each claimant receives will then be determined by the length of Facebook usage and number of overall claimants.
Each eligible claimant will be assigned “one point for each month” they had an activated Facebook account during that window. Once the total number of claimants and their points have been determined, along with the total settlement fund amount, each person will then receive a designated amount, multiplied by their total number of points.
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