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Facebook $725M privacy settlement: Second round of payments approved for distribution

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Megan Ziegler

26d ago· 3 min readenNews
technologybusinesslegalprivacy

Summary

Facebook is distributing a second round of payments from its $725 million class-action data privacy settlement. Users who received an initial payment last fall are now eligible for additional funds, as the court approved redistributing uncashed payments from the first round that remain in the settlement fund.

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bskyFacebook $725M privacy settlement: Second round of payments approved for distributionbit.ly

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Money is still left in the massive $725 million settlement fund that hasn't been successfully cashed out.
The court recently approved redistributing the uncashed payments from the first round of settlement payouts, triggering a second payment for many users.
Second payments are only being sent to class members who received an initial payment.
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Facebook users who were part of the massive $725 million class-action settlement may be due for a second payment.

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