CASES

Facebook, Inc. Privacy Litigation

In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile LitigationUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California
MDL No. 2843

For information regarding the settlement please visit the settlement website at https://facebookuserprivacysettlement.com/.

Case Status

In August 2022, the parties notified the Court of a settlement in principle. The Court granted final approval of the settlement on October 10, 2023. On February 13, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision. The landmark $725 million settlement is the largest recovery ever secured in a data privacy class action as well as the largest amount Facebook has ever paid to resolve a private class action. The settlement became effective as of May 22, 2025.

Please visit the settlement website for additional information regarding the settlement and to view the notice of settlement and a list of answers to frequently asked questions. Please note that the deadlines for filing a claim and opting out of or objecting to the settlement have passed.

Case Overview

Keller Rohrback L.L.P. partner, Derek W. Loeser, was appointed to serve as Co-Lead Counsel in this ground-breaking privacy litigation. Plaintiffs’ complaint alleged that Facebook broke the law when it enabled third parties—such as the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica—to access U.S.-based Facebook users’ personal content and information without their knowledge or consent, beginning in 2007. Plaintiffs also alleged that Facebook failed to properly protect users’ content and information from misuse or unauthorized access by third parties, which further violated users’ privacy.

Other Information

We are unable to respond to questions as to whether any specific individual had their personal information compromised. Facebook users are able to manually access that information by logging into their Facebook account and clicking on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/help/1873665312923476.

Please be advised that we are not accepting requests to represent individual persons or accepting individual cases related to this litigation, and we cannot provide any legal advice with respect to any potential claims as an individual.

07/27/2018

Leadership Order

9/9/2019

Pretrial Order No. 20: Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint

08/04/2020

Second Amended Consolidated Complaint

02/09/23

Sanctions Order

03/29/2023

Order Preliminarily Approving Settlement

10/10/2023

Order Final Approval Settlement