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

  1. Incident
  2. Filed in court
  3. Registration open
  4. Before the court
  5. Settlement
  6. Payments / distribution
  7. Closed

Dated milestones

  1. Incident

    Relevant exposure window begins

    Australian Facebook users data is exposed through the This Is Your Digital Life app ecosystem.

  2. Settlement

    OAIC enforceable undertaking agreed

    Meta agrees to an enforceable undertaking establishing an Australian payment program.

  3. Payments / distribution

    Meta Payment Program opens

    KPMG administers applications; the program runs to a fixed closing date.

  4. Closed

    Program closing

    Check the official portal — this pathway closes and is not reopened.

Free registration page (OAIC enforceable undertaking — Meta Payment Program (KPMG administrator))

Does this case actually cover you?

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