Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Florida
Case No. 2024-003537-CA-01
UPDATE: The Settlement received Final Approval on August 8, 2024. You may refer to the Final Approval Order for further details. Payments for valid claims will be distributed in December. Thank you for your patience.
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT
FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA Jabari Sellers, et al. v. Bleacher Report, Inc. Case No. 2024-003537-CA-01
Welcome to the Bleacher Report VPPA Settlement Website
A Court authorized this website. You are not being sued. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Bleacher Report, Inc., titled Jabari Sellers, et al. v. Bleacher Report, Inc., Case No. 2024-003537-CA-01, pending in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Florida (the “Action”). The Action accuses Bleacher Report of disclosing personally identifiable information (“PII”) of account holders to Facebook via the Meta 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 but has agreed to the settlement to avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with continuing the case.
You are included if you are a Person in the United States who, between January 25, 2021 and May 21, 2024, was a Bleacher Report account holder.
Persons included in the settlement will be eligible to receive a pro rata (meaning equal) portion of the Settlement Fund if they had a Facebook account and accessed a video through the BleacherReport.com website from the same browser where they accessed their Facebook account. The settlement also requires Defendant to have suspended operation of the Meta Pixel on any pages on its website that both include video content and have a URL that substantially identifies the video content viewed, unless and until the VPPA is amended, repealed, or otherwise invalidated (including by judicial decision on the use of website pixel technology by the United States Supreme Court, any federal court of appeals, a U.S. federal district court in Florida, or a Florida state court of general jurisdiction), or without VPPA-compliant consent for the disclosure of the video content viewed to Facebook.
Read this website carefully. Your legal rights are affected whether you act, or don’t act.
Your rights and options—and the deadlinesto exercise them—are explained on this website.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS
SETTLEMENT
SUBMIT A CLAIM
FORM BY AUGUST 23, 2024
This
is the only way to receive a payment.
EXCLUDE YOURSELF
BY JULY 9, 2024
You
will receive no benefits, but you will retain any rights you currently have
to sue the Defendant about the claims in this case.
OBJECT BY JULY 9, 2024
Write
to the Court explaining why you don’t like the settlement.
GO TO THE HEARING
ON AUGUST 8, 2024
Ask
to speak in Court about the fairness of the settlement.
DO NOTHING
You
won’t get a share of the Settlement Benefit and will give up your rights to
sue the Defendant about the claims in this case.
This website is authorized by the Court, supervised by counsel for the Parties and controlled by Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, the Settlement Administrator approved by the Court. This is the only authorized website for this case.
Call
(833) 522-5155
Mail
Bleacher Report VPPA Settlement c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC P.O. Box 5324 New York, NY 10150-5324
Click here to safely and securely submit a Claim Form.
Important Dates
Exclusion Deadline
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
The deadline to postmark your exclusion has passed on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.
Objection Deadline
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
The deadline to postmark your objection has passed on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.
Claims Deadline
Friday, August 23, 2024
The court approved deadline for timely claims has passed.
Fairness Hearing
Thursday, August 8, 2024
The Fairness Hearing is scheduled for Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. ET in Virtual Court. Please check this website for instructions on how to access the Virtual Court via Zoom closer to the hearing date.
