{"id":33178,"date":"2022-06-02T05:20:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T05:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-to-find-out-if-youre-part-of-the-650-million-illinois-facebook-settlement-nbc-chicago\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T05:20:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T05:20:24","slug":"how-to-find-out-if-youre-part-of-the-650-million-illinois-facebook-settlement-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-to-find-out-if-youre-part-of-the-650-million-illinois-facebook-settlement-nbc-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Out If You’re Part of The $ 650 Million Illinois Facebook Settlement – NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1.4 million people in Illinois stand to receive a check in the mail from Facebook as part of a seven-year, $ 650 million Class Action Lawsuit against the company. <\/p>\n

In the suit, Class Members allege the company broke the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting and storing biometric data – also known as physical characteristics – of users without their consent, through things like facial recognition technology.<\/p>\n

Facebook users might more commonly know this as “Tag Suggestions” notifications.<\/p>\n

Checks in the amount of $ 397 to more started getting mailed out May 9, according to the settlement administrator, and it will take about two weeks to finish mailing the checks and processing the electronic payments.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t received a check yet, but believe you are due one, here’s what to know. <\/p>\n

I’m an Illinois Facebook User. Am I Part of the Class Action Lawsuit?<\/h2>\n

According to the settlement website, Facebook’s records were used to identify certain Class Members. <\/p>\n

Those people should have received notice through email or on Facebook.<\/p>\n

You might have gotten a notice if you are a current or former Facebook user in Illinois who uploaded a photograph of yourself or were “tagged” in a photograph on Facebook after June 7, 2011.<\/p>\n

If photographs of you that were uploaded to Facebook after June 7, 2011 did not result in the creation of a face template while you lived in Illinois, you were not notified to take part in the lawsuit. <\/p>\n

Not everybody in Illinois who uses Facebook is included, and only Class Action Members will receive a payout from the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Is There a Way I Can Check to See if I Am Part of the Lawsuit, and if I Will Get a Payout? <\/h2>\n

According to the settlement website, \u201cFacebook users located in Illinois for whom Facebook created and stored a face template after June 7, 2011\u201d are eligible for a payout. <\/p>\n

To have filed a valid claim under the Settlement, you must have lived in the State of Illinois for a period of at least 183 days (6 months).<\/p>\n

The deadline to file a claim form was November 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

If you did not file a claim by that date – even if you are an Illinois Facebook user, and meet the above above criteria \u2014 you are not a Class Action Member, and you will not receive a payout. <\/p>\n

If you don’t remember, whether or not you filed out a claim form, here’s who to contact:<\/p>\n