Ask HN: How much money did you get from the Facebook privacy settlement?

9•underlipton•3mo ago

About $38 myself. ChatGPT gives an estimate of about $250 made off tracking my browsing activity between 2007 and 2022, so pretty sweet margins in the "violating privacy rights" enterprise. /s

How can we expect companies to respect consumer rights when they only get a slap on the wrist for violating them?

Comments

Haeuserschlucht•3mo ago

what happened

digianarchist•3mo ago

Nothing. Filled out the form and heard nothing since.

intheitmines•3mo ago

I got no notification, just a deposit to the bank account I submitted

digianarchist•3mo ago

I got a payout today from BMO Bank to my Paypal account for $38

ksherlock•3mo ago

$31.22

al_borland•3mo ago

I didn’t find out about it until it was too late to throw my name in the hat.

$38 is an insult.

muzani•3mo ago

It's a privacy tax.

intheitmines•3mo ago

$25

Halian•3mo ago

$20

I was hoping it’d be an actually meaningful amount, especially since I’m on disability.

sharts•3mo ago

$4.86

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