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NOTICE OF PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Ramirez v. Forbes Media, LLC, Case No. CACE-25-011695
(Circuit Court for the 17th Judicial Circuit for Broward County, Florida)
Our Records Indicate You Were A Forbes Online or Mobile Application Account Holder And/Or Newsletter Subscriber and May Be Entitled to a Payment From a Class Action Settlement.
NOTE: You will not qualify as a Class Member if you did not have an active Facebook account at the same time you were a Forbes U.S. online or mobile application account holder and/or newsletter subscriber. Additionally you will not qualify as a class member if you did not access or view a video on forbes.com from July 25, 2020 through December 1, 2022 from the same device and browser as you had accessed Facebook.
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This Notice is to inform you that a settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit claiming that Defendant, Forbes Media, LLC, disclosed its subscribers’ personally identifiable information (“PII”) to Facebook via the Facebook Tracking Pixel without consent in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (the “VPPA”). The VPPA defines PII to include information which identifies a person as having requested or obtained specific video materials or services from a video tape service provider. Defendant denies that it violated any law and denies that it disclosed any PII of its subscribers to Facebook but has agreed to the settlement to avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with continuing to defend the case.
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Am I a Class Member? Our records indicate you were a Forbes online or mobile application accountholder and/or newsletter subscriber, meaning you may be a Class Member. Class Members are all Forbes U.S. online or mobile application account holders and/or newsletter subscribers who have a Facebook account, in the United States, and who accessed a video through forbes.com from the same device and browser as the individual had accessed Facebook from July 25, 2020 through December 1, 2022. If you did not have an active Facebook account at the time you subscribed to and watched a video on forbes.com, you are not a Class Member. Additionally, if you did not access or view a video on forbes.com from July 25, 2020 through December 1, 2022 from the same device and browser as you had accessed Facebook, you are not a Class Member.
What Can I Get? You must submit a Claim Form at www.ForbesVPPASettlement.com to receive a share of the Settlement Fund, which will be up to $15, subject to pro rata adjustment depending on the number of valid claims that are filed. A Settlement Fund of up to $7,500,000.00 will be established to pay all Approved Claims to the Settlement Class, together with Notice and Settlement Administration Expenses, approved attorneys’ fees and costs to Class Counsel, and Service Awards to the Class Representatives.
How Do I Get a Payment? You must submit a timely and complete Claim Form no later than November 4, 2025. You can file a claim by clicking www.ForbesVPPASettlement.com. Your payment will come by check unless you elect to receive payment electronically by PayPal, Zelle, or Venmo. Claim Forms must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. EST on November 4, 2025 or postmarked and mailed by November 4, 2025.
What are My Other Options? You may exclude yourself from the Class by sending a letter to the Settlement Administrator no later than October 21, 2025. If you exclude yourself, you cannot get a settlement payment, but you keep any rights you may have to sue the Defendant over the legal issues in the lawsuit. You and/or your lawyer have the right to appear before the Court and/or object to the proposed settlement. Your written objection must be filed no later than October 21, 2025. Specific instructions about how to object to, or exclude yourself from, the Settlement are available at www.ForbesVPPAsettlement.com. If you file a claim or do nothing, and the Court approves the Settlement, you will be bound by all of the Court’s orders and judgments. In addition, your claims relating to the alleged disclosure of subscriber information to Facebook in this case against the Defendant will be released.
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Who Represents Me? The Court has appointed lawyers Philip L. Fraietta and Alec M. Leslie of Bursor & Fisher, P.A. and Gary M. Klinger and Alex Honeycutt of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC to represent the class. These attorneys are called Class Counsel. You will not be charged for these lawyers. If you want to be represented by your own lawyer in this case, you may hire one at your expense.
When Will the Court Consider the Proposed Settlement? The Court will hold the Final Approval Hearing on November 17, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. EST, the parties will appear via Zoom for the Final Approval Hearing. At that hearing, the Court will: hear any objections concerning the fairness of the settlement; determine the fairness of the settlement; decide whether to approve Class Counsel’s request for attorneys’ fees and costs; and decide whether to award the Class Representatives $5,000 each from the Settlement Fund for their service in helping to bring and settle this case. Defendant has agreed to pay Class Counsel reasonable attorneys’ fees in an amount to be determined by the Court. Class Counsel is entitled to seek no more than one-third of the Settlement Fund, but the Court may award less than this amount.
How Do I Get More Information? For more information, including the full Notice, Claim Form, and Settlement Agreement, go to www.ForbesVPPAsettlement.com, contact the Settlement Administrator at (833) 621-7730 or Forbes.com Privacy Settlement, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration, PO Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391, or call Class Counsel at (646) 837-7150.
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