Meta Platforms (Facebook) — Cambridge Analytica / unauthorized data sharing
Facebook users located in Australia for 30 or more days between 2 November 2013 and 17 December 2015. The $50 million payment program (privacy regulator undertaking, administered by KPMG) closed to new claims on 31 December 2025, with about 311,000 eligible users identified. Per-person amounts were never published.
- Period covered
- 2010–2018
- Where it applies
- Australia-wide
- Law firm running the case
- OAIC enforceable undertaking — Meta Payment Program (KPMG administrator)
- Compensation context
- See law firm — no verified estimate published
Case progress
- Incident
- Filed in court
- Registration open
- Before the court
- Settlement
- Payments / distribution
- Closed
Settlement
OAIC enforceable undertaking agreed
Meta agrees to an enforceable undertaking establishing an Australian payment program.
Payments / distribution
Meta Payment Program opens
KPMG administers applications; the program runs to a fixed closing date.
Closed
Program closing
Check the official portal — this pathway closes and is not reopened.
The Meta Platforms (Facebook) case brief
The page above is the public summary. The case brief is the part that tells you whether you personally fit the group definition, and what to have ready before you register.
- Eligibility checklist — 3 specific criteria that decide whether you are in the group
- Exclusions — 2 situations that take you out of the class, even if you were a customer
- Evidence list — 3 documents to gather — the ones that actually affect what you can recover
- How to join, step by step — 3 ordered steps, including which registration pathway to use
- Key dates — 3 dated milestones, including any registration cut-off
- Compensation notes and scam warnings — What a realistic outcome looks like, and the impersonation tactics used on this specific case
One A$9 report unlocks the case brief for every matter that covers you — plus your personalised eligibility report and PDF.
Sources: Public reporting on the Meta/Facebook data privacy class action.
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