5 lakh Americans have already been approved for Facebook Settlement. Here’s how to check for yourself.
Facebook settled a confidentiality lawsuit for millions of dollars this year, hence a lot of users have applied for a proportion of the money that the social media platform has agreed to pay as part of the court settlement.
More than 500,000 Americans who applied after the final date of application have had their settlement claims rejected and more acceptance letters may still be coming their way as their claims have been settled.
If you have applied, here is everything you need to know including how to tell if your application has been accepted or not accepted. How can you check the status of your application and is it difficult to predict when you might receive your payment.
How to Tell If Your Facebook Settlement Claim Has Been Rejected
After settling a confidential lawsuit, tech giant Meta Facebook’s owner has agreed to pay a whopping $725 million to users of its platform who were affected by its shoddy practices. A notification was sent to Facebook users in April informing them that they were eligible to apply.
The application was opened in the summer, and users were given a deadline of August 25 to apply and as of September 7, more than 17 million claims had been initially honored.
The judge gave a final deadline to act on the agreement on October 11. But after some objections, we are now in the appeal period and two objectors have already filed appeals.
According to TheHall, 28 million Americans applied for the settlement through Angeion, the company handling the case. This makes it the most filed claim in US history and as it has been reported earlier, 5lakh of them have been rejected.
If your claim is one of the unfortunate ones to be accepted then you would have already been informed through your email that your claim has not been accepted. To ensure the claim is correct, check your inbox as well as the spam folder of the email address you sent to the shop. If your claim is denied you have up to 10 days to appeal the decision.
It may be worth contacting Angeion to double-check the claim you have made. When companies are processing so many applications So sometimes there are errors in it, some kind of mistake occurs and this is a very big famine in American history.
How to Check the Status of Your Facebook Settlement Claim Application
The latest updates on the Facebook privacy settlement are available on the claims portal that Indians have set up to manage claims.
If you have any kind of queries you can contact Angeion on phone with the numbers provided on the site and also brush up on their FAQ section to find answers to common questions asked by your fellow applicants.
Keep in mind that the Facebook privacy deal discussed in this article is different from the location tracking deal that Facebook is fighting right now and has a different claims process.
What is the Facebook Settlement Payout Date?
Unfortunately, there is still no specific date given as to when the successful claimant will be able to expect payment. The legal battle is still ongoing, even if the claim has been finally approved.
As of now, the Angeion Claims Portal linked above in this article indicates that despite the Court’s orders granting both motions and dismissing the filed objections, two objectors have filed Notices of Appeal.
It further states that settlement payments cannot be distributed to letter claimants until the appeal is resolved. The timeframe for resolving an appeal may vary and we will learn more about this as the appeal progresses.
It is now thought that when payments are made, the average amount will be around $30 per claimant.
