The Facebook privacy settlement is real — how to claim your share
Facebook users can submit a claim for a share of the $725 million class action settlement of a lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Here's how to get your share.
Cambridge Analytica
Andrew Orr
Cambridge Analytica suit settled for historic $725 million [u]
In the largest privacy class action lawsuit settlement yet, Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle charges over use of customer data without permission.
William Gallagher
Facebook engineers have no idea what happens with user data
Facebook's engineers don't know exactly how the company uses the data of its users, with the giant number of systems in use obscuring where things are stored and what happens to the information.
Malcolm Owen
Facebook fined $5B by FTC over Cambridge Analytica scandal charges
The Federal Trade Commission confirmed on Wednesday it has agreed to a settlement by Facebook for violating consumer privacy in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, with the social network paying a $5 billion penalty and agreeing to new restrictions.
Facebook reportedly fined $5B over Cambridge Analytica fiasco
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reportedly approved a $5 billion settlement with Facebook to resolve the latter's privacy violations in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Roger Fingas
Facebook staring down possibility of 20 years of FTC oversight to end privacy probe
Facebook's negotiations with the Federal Trade Commission to end an investigation into the social network's alleged privacy violations may involve a 20-year period of government oversight, with a deal between the two potentially a month away from completion.
Expecting to pay up to $5B for Cambridge Analytica, Facebook sets aside $3B for FTC fines
Facebook is preparing to pay a record-setting fine to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations following the Cambridge Analytica fiasco, as the social network is earmarking $3 billion to go towards its expenses and a potential $5 billion fine, depending on how it negotiates with the regulator.
FTC & Facebook negotiating record-breaking billion-dollar privacy violation fine
Facebook and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission are in talks over a privacy violations fine that could cost the former billions of dollars.
Cambridge Analytica owners fined $27,000 for refusing US data request
The firm best known for harvesting political data ignored a legal order to provide personal information when asked by a US academic. This contravenes UK data protection laws and saw them fined a total of $27,000.
