{"id":1195,"date":"2025-09-16T00:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/facebook-gave-our-data-to-cambridge-analytica-and-all-i-got-was-this-38-36\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T00:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:59:46","slug":"facebook-gave-our-data-to-cambridge-analytica-and-all-i-got-was-this-38-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/facebook-gave-our-data-to-cambridge-analytica-and-all-i-got-was-this-38-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook gave our data to Cambridge Analytica and all I got was this $38.36"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23951496\/VRG_Illo_STK169_L_Normand_MarkZuckerburg_Negative.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Remember back in 2023, when we told you how to get your cut of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/4\/19\/23689775\/facebook-meta-cambridge-analytica-data-privacy-trump\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/4\/19\/23689775\/facebook-meta-cambridge-analytica-data-privacy-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a $725 million class action settlement?<\/a> A couple of years later, that money is going out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I received an email earlier this week saying my claim had been approved in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebookuserprivacysettlement.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebookuserprivacysettlement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation<\/a><\/em>, a class action settlement that covered anyone who had a Facebook account between 2007 and 2022. The agreement settled a variety of privacy accusations against Facebook (now Meta), including that it allowed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/4\/10\/17165130\/facebook-cambridge-analytica-scandal\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/4\/10\/17165130\/facebook-cambridge-analytica-scandal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cambridge Analytica<\/a> and others to improperly access user data. Earlier today I got the money through PayPal: a total of $38.36. A few other <em>Verge<\/em> staf \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/778472\/facebook-gave-our-data-to-cambridge-analytica-and-all-i-got-was-this-38-36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember back in 2023, when we told you how to get your cut of a $725 million class action settlement? 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