Facebook privacy settlement: 2nd payment coming in June; check eligibility, amount, key dates
Facebook privacy settlement: 2nd payment coming in June; check eligibility, amount, key dates
Publish Date: 2026-06-10 13:19:00
Source Domain: www.hindustantimes.com
A second round of payments is coming for some Facebook users under a $725 million privacy class-action settlement involving Meta, Facebook’s parent company. The case was about claims that Facebook shared users’ private data with thousands of third parties like advertisers and data brokers
Facebook privacy settlement case (Unsplash/Image for representational purposes.) (Unsplash)
Facebook data privacy case
One major example linked to the case is Cambridge Analytica, which used Facebook data for political campaign profiling, as noted in the report by CBS News. The lawsuits covered a long time period starting from May 24, 2007, to Dec. 22, 2022. Meta denied all wrongdoing or legal responsibility in this case, as per reports. The settlement was officially approved in 2023, and all appeals were finished by May 2025.
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The first round of payments started going out in September 2025 to eligible users. In the first payout, average users received about $29 to $30 depending on usage and claim details. Out of around 250 million eligible users, only about 19 million people actually received payments in the first round, states Yahoo Finance. Around $169 million from the settlement was used for legal and administrative costs.
Second payment details
Now a second payment is being issued because some money from uncashed first-round checks was returned and is being redistributed. This second distribution is only for people who already filed a claim before the deadline of August 25, 2023.
If the user got the first payment then they will be automatically qualified for the second one they do not need to apply again. The second payment is expected to be small, roughly around $5 to $7, since it comes from leftover funds. Payments for this second round will begin on June 9, 2026, and continue for about four weeks.
Eligible users will receive email alerts 3 to 4 days before payment, with a subject line about the…
