In this case, the defendant was Lee Enterprises (the owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper). Allegedly, they disclosed subscriber's personally identifiable information to Facebook without consent.
The records indicated I was a class member, and the postcard encouraged me to fill out a claim form with a provided login and password. This morning I went to the website, logged in, filled out the form, and chose my settlement delivery method. Before I signed off on the application I had to agree that:
"I am a person in the United States who, from December 1, 2020, until March 4, 2025, have or had a Facebook account, and was a subscriber of a Lee publication during that time."
A hearing on the proposed settlement is scheduled for early August. If the Court approves the settlement I will receive a payment 90 days later. The payment is anticipated to be approximately $41.01. Definitely not a huge amount, but enough to have made it worth my while.
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Glad it sounds legitimate -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteVery.
DeleteIn a world with so much injustice, this sounds unique.
ReplyDeleteOne little thing at a time.
DeleteThis is interesting
ReplyDelete41.04 is larger than some that I’ve received. I’d certainly sign up for that.
ReplyDeleteI've only received a few payments. None of them was huge.
DeleteHow interesting. It's not a huge compensation, but better than nothing!
ReplyDeleteI agree, especially since I will consider it found money.
DeleteIt is hard to tell if those things are for real or a scam. And there is so much information to read to find out! I completed one the other day and got a whopping $11!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! I'm off to check out your place.
DeleteHey, 40 bucks is 40 bucks! I once got $25 in a class action settlement of a bread-price-fixing scheme here in Canada, LOL!
ReplyDeleteMoney is money, wherever it comes from.
DeleteDon't spend it all at once!
ReplyDelete:-)
Deletego for it!
ReplyDeleteWell, it's always better to receive something than nothing.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteIt's amazing it was legitimate ! Good for you!
ReplyDeleteI've received a few similar class action notices in the past and did not suspect any were fraud, but did not chose to participate. Hope you collect the $41.01.
ReplyDeleteThe subscription price of the paper keeps rising, so any money received will help offset it.
DeleteHEY! Where's my notice? You may have to split that $40 with me. 😁
ReplyDeleteThe website that lays everything out is https://leesettlement.com/
DeleteI found out that Gexa energy owed me a little over $100 from my first apartment in Houston over 20 years ago and I got it. It was a website I entered my info into about two years ago, claiming that they could find people that owed you money. I’m sorry I don’t remember the website. But I did get my $107ish
ReplyDeleteI've searched through sites like that. The first time through I there was some funds due to me, but since that time nothing.
DeleteMoney is money! Good for you!
ReplyDeleteEvery little bit helps.
DeleteCool! You can enjoy a coffee with that!
ReplyDeleteYou're right!
DeleteFourty smackers. Not too shabby.
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