Patreon Settlement Update: File a Claim for Your Piece of the $7.25M VPPA Deal

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A magistrate judge has granted preliminary approval to a $7.25 million Patreon settlement, and eligible users can now file a claim form for compensation at PatreonSettlement.com.

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The Patreon settlement, which received preliminary approval from United States Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero on September 23, 2024, covers anyone who, between April 1, 2016 and September 23 of this year, requested or obtained video content on Patreon.com while in the U.S. and had a Facebook account and Patreon account at the time.

To file a Patreon settlement claim form, head to this page and enter the unique ID and PIN found at the top of the settlement notice you should have received via email. Patreon class members need both the unique settlement ID and PIN in order to file a claim form online.

Additionally, you will need to include the link to your Facebook profile page on the claim form to allow the settlement administrator to verify that you are in fact covered by the settlement. The URL that you provide with your claim form “must correspond with a Facebook profile that includes your personal information,” the website relays.

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The deadline to file a Patreon settlement claim form is January 1, 2025.

The official settlement website states that, based on “claims rates in similar cases,” eligible Patreon class members may receive a payout of between $35 and $175 each from the settlement. The website stipulates that the actual per-person payout amount for the Patreon settlement may be higher or lower than the estimated amounts depending on the number of valid claims that are filed.

Patreon settlement payments will be distributed sometime after the court grants final approval to the deal. A final approval hearing is scheduled for February 5, 2025. It is typically after the court grants final approval to a class action settlement that compensation and/or settlement rebates begin to be distributed to consumers.

In addition to paying $7.25 million into the settlement fund, Patreon has also agreed not to use the Meta Pixel on any web page on its website that includes video content unless the federal Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) is amended, repealed or otherwise invalidated; Patreon obtains consent from users; or the Meta Pixel on the relevant page otherwise complies with the VPPA.

The initial Patreon lawsuit alleged that the subscriber-supported platform violated the VPPA by using a Meta (Facebook) Pixel, a snippet of programming code, to collect and share users’ personal information, including Facebook ID numbers, with the social media company. At no point did Patreon obtain consent from users to share their video viewing data with a third party, the suit claimed.

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