Almost Every Alabamian Has A Chance To Get Part Of $725 Million Facebook Settlement

Residents in Alabama have the opportunity to claim their part of of huge settlement involving Facebook.

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If you could use some extra cash, this $725 million Facebook settlement could be a way for you to snag that money.

Data Breaches

It seems like every month there is a new situation where a company has a data breach. Millions of people's data ends up in the wrong hands and personal information could be used for the wrong reasons.

Tech Target describes a data breach as a cyber attack in which sensitive, confidential or otherwise protected data has been accessed or disclosed in an unauthorized fashion.

West Alabama Data Breach

As previously reported by the Tuscaloosa Thread, the private ambulance service in Tuscaloosa may have given bad actors access to the records of more than 80,000 current and former patients.

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Following the breach, a class action complaint was filed against NorthStar.

"Following a thorough analysis, the investigation determined that information contained in the affected files may have included patient-protected health information (PHI)," Mason LLP Attorney at Law said on their website concerning the class action complaint.

Facebook Class Action Suit

According to the settlement website, multiple lawsuits were brought on behalf of Facebook users who allege that Facebook (now Meta Platforms, Inc.) shared or otherwise made accessible to third parties user data and data about users’ friends without permission of the users whose data was shared, and did not sufficiently monitor and enforce third-party access or use of that data.

Facebook users may be eligible for a cash payment due to a class action settlement.

If you were a Facebook user between May 2007 and December 2002, you could be eligible for a pice of the $725 million settlement.

According to the settlement website, the only way to receive a cash payment from this settlement is by submitting a timely and properly completed Claim Form that obtains approval from the Settlement Administrator. The Claim Form must be submitted no later than August 25, 2023.

You have the option to opt-out of the settlement, or object to the settlement by July 26th, 2023.

To find more information about this $725 million Facebook settlement click here.