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

9 points by underlipton ↗ HN
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?

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digianarchist
Nothing. Filled out the form and heard nothing since.
intheitmines
I got no notification, just a deposit to the bank account I submitted
digianarchist
I got a payout today from BMO Bank to my Paypal account for $38
al_borland
I didn’t find out about it until it was too late to throw my name in the hat.

$38 is an insult.

muzani
It's a privacy tax.
Halian
$20

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