Meta Platforms (Facebook) class action progress
Cambridge Analytica / unauthorized data sharing · closed
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.
Where this matter sits now
- Incident
- Filed in court
- Registration open
- Before the court
- Settlement
- Payments / distribution
- Closed
Dated milestones
Incident
Relevant exposure window begins
Australian Facebook users data is exposed through the This Is Your Digital Life app ecosystem.
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.
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