According to a statement from the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), users can claim around €100 ($105) for the breach even if the data obtained by the hackers wasn’t misused or caused any harm.

A German court ruled on Monday that thousands of local Facebook users affected by a massive data breach in 2021 are eligible for compensation.

  • penquin@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    23 days ago

    Do affected people also get a check of a whopping $3.96 in Germany? Or is that just a US thing?

    • lemmylommy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      23 days ago

      Its 100€ if you can not prove that any harm was done. It could be more with proof (ie spam call logs etc)

      • penquin@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        23 days ago

        Hey, that’s really good then. Minimum of a hundred bucks is good with me.

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    22 days ago

    the claims against Meta expire at the end of this year, so users would have to act quickly — by filing a lawsuit and proving they were victims of the incident

    This is somewhat misleading.

    They have to file their claim before the end of the year. But then they can add the proof later.