28 PCWorld SEPTEMBER 2020NEWS GOOGLE+ CASH SETTLEMENT
To file a claim, you’ll need to have had a Google+ account between January 1, 2015 and April 2, 2019.released entities regarding the legal
claims in this case.” If you’d like to
retain these rights, you must opt-out of
the settlement.
Users are only allowed to submit
one $12 claim regardless of the
number of Google+ accounts you may
have had. You can file a claim using this
link (go.pcworld.com/gclm).
The only requirements for filing a
claim are that you had a Google+
account at some point between January 1,
2015, and April 2, 2019, and “entered private
(meaning non-public) information in at least
one of (the) Google+ profile fields that was
not set to be shared publicly.” Finally, you
must consent that you either shared thatinformation with another Google+ user or
authorized a third-party app to access my
Google+ profile field information.”
Granted, it’s nearly impossible to prove
this, but you are entering into a legal contract,
so you’ll want to be as truthful as possible.Some 50 million people were affected by the data breach.