Fandango Video Privacy Protection Act Settlement

This settlement only affects people who had a Facebook account from April 1, 2020 through June 1, 2022 and watched a video on the Fandango website from the same browser they used to access Facebook during that period. If you did not have a Facebook account during that time period, did not watch a video on the Fandango website using the browser that you used to access Facebook, or only accessed Fandango using Fandango’s app, this settlement does not pertain to you.

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Fandango Media, LLC (“Fandango” or Defendant”). The class action lawsuit alleges that Fandango disclosed information that identifies an account holder as having requested or obtained specific video materials or services, such as watching a movie trailer, to Facebook via the Facebook Tracking Pixel in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (the “VPPA”). Fandango denies that it violated any law but has agreed to the Settlement to avoid the expenses associated with continuing the case.

You are included if you are a person in the United States with a Fandango user account who (1) watched any video content on Fandango’s website between April 1, 2020 and June 1, 2022; (2) was a member of Facebook at the time you watched video content on Fandango’s website; and (3) used the same browser to access Facebook and watch video content on Fandango’s website.

Persons included in the Settlement will be eligible to submit a Claim Form to receive either a $5 Cash Payment or a $15 Movie Ticket Voucher for use on Fandango’s website. The Settlement also requires Defendant to suspend operation of the Facebook Tracking 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content and have a URL that substantially identifies the video content viewed, unless and until the VPPA is amended, repealed, or otherwise invalidated (including by judicial decision on the use of website pixel technology by the United States Supreme Court, any federal court of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, or any state appellate court of general jurisdiction), or until Defendant obtains VPPA-compliant consent for the disclosure of the video content viewed to Facebook.

Your Legal Rights and Options in This Lawsuit

Submit a Claim Form by October 30, 2023	This is the only way to be eligible to receive a Cash Payment or Movie Ticket Voucher.
Exclude Yourself by October 30, 2023	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 October 30, 2023	Write to the Court explaining why you don’t like the Settlement.
Go to the Hearing on December 4, 2023	The Hearing was held as scheduled on December 4, 2023.
Do Nothing	You won’t get a share of the Settlement benefits and will give up your rights to sue the Defendant about the claims in this case.

Read this website and the Notice carefully. Your legal rights are affected whether you act, or don’t act.

Your rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained in the FAQs.