Nearly 1.3 million Illinois Facebook users are getting a second check from last year’s $650 million biometric privacy settlement
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- 08 Mar 2023
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There’s another check coming this month for nearly 1.3 million Illinois Facebook users who successfully filed claims in a landmark $650 million biometric privacy settlement.
A second payment of $30.61 was issued beginning Feb. 28 to everyone who cashed their initial $397 settlement check last year in the class action lawsuit. The supplemental distribution represents more than $43 million left over in the settlement fund after nearly 110,000 Illinois class members filed a claim but did not cash the first check.
“All the money goes to the claiming class members, but sometimes people don’t cash the checks,” said Chicago attorney Jay Edelson, who brought the lawsuit against Facebook eight years ago. “So there are distributions later on.”
In May 2022, the settlement fund distributed nearly $550 million — the total after legal expenses — to 1.38 million Illinois Facebook users who filed valid claims in the class action lawsuit. The payments were made by check and electronic transfer. The checks had an original void date of Aug. 8, according to court documents.
The claims administrator reissued nearly 82,000 checks in July to those who had requested but did not successfully process electronic payments. By November, the total number of uncashed checks was 109,434. The last initial checks were voided as of Jan. 14, opening the door for the supplemental payments. Read More…
