If you were a Facebook user from May 2007 to December 2022, then you are the beneficiary of a reward that the social networking giant owes you.

Yes, it’s true, and it’s about a $725 million settlement that “Meta” agreed to pay in a class action lawsuit.

According to DailyMail, eligible users are those who had a Facebook account between May 24, 2007 and December 22, 2022, and must submit a request to “Meta” by August 25, 2023.

The lawsuit filed, in which Meta has denied any wrongdoing, alleges that the social media platform obtained data of users and their friends without permission, to make it available to third parties.

Hence the Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018, which alleged that the company had misused data from tens of millions of Facebook accounts by allowing access to third parties.

“Facebook allegedly knew about Cambridge Analytica’s improper data collection since 2015 and took no action to stop the activity or notify users until March 2018.

This allowed third-party apps to “aggregate and sell access to the private information of Facebook users, including to the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, without the users’ knowledge or consent,” according to the lawsuit filed.

The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by plaintiffs who claimed Facebook shared not only basic data, such as gender and age, but also their photos, videos they took, videos they watched and words from their personal direct messages.

In August 2022, a settlement was reached and brought to court, followed by months of negotiations until December 22, when the plaintiffs filed a motion seeking preliminary approval of the settlement.

The Court held a hearing on preliminary approval of the Settlement on March 2, 2023 and granted preliminary approval of the settlement on March 29, 2023.

Users who think they are entitled to part of the settlement can fill out a form with their name, address and e-mail. The form asks if you have lived in the US for a certain amount of time and have been a Facebook user.

You will also be asked to provide your Facebook usernames and the phone number associated with your account.