Contributor ⭐⭐

AARP lawsuit for members who accessed video and are on Facebook

Forum|Forum|10 months ago
October 12, 2025
47 replies
23256 views

I received an email today that was in my spam but I believe it is valid, discussing AARP lawsuit for members who are on Facebook and accessed AARP videos. Look in your spam, maybe you are getting this email as well.

Comes from Markels et al v. AARP Settlement Administrator --there is a lot more to this email, I am just including the first part in case you need to investigate further.

Dear Class Member:

A Settlement has been reached with AARP in a class action lawsuit alleging that AARP violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) by disclosing the identities and aarp.org video-viewing activity of certain members and registered users of aarp.org without lawful consent. The lawsuit contends that AARP transmitted this information to Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”)— the owner of Facebook—through use of a tool called the Meta Pixel.

AARP denies all of the allegations made in the lawsuit, denies that it violated the VPPA, and denies that AARP did anything improper or unlawful. The proposed Settlement is not an admission of liability or wrongdoing of any kind by AARP. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California approved this notice.

You might be a Settlement Class member. AARP’s records indicate that you were an AARP member or a registered user of AARP.org between September 27, 2020, and September 12, 2025, and accessed video content on AARP.org. To be eligible for payment, you must demonstrate that you also had a Facebook account when you accessed video content on AARP.org.

You can submit a claim to be paid from the Settlement using the claim form available here.

For more information and to review the full notice, please visit www.AARPSettlement.com.

SummerOnTheWay1

[10/12/25] @jserramcorder , I received mine 10/7/25 and had posted about it. Copy & paste below of discussion Gail & myself had. Are you taking part? Thanks for posting, Nicole!

➡️[*** Re: 📋 How to Tell if a Class Action Lawsuit Notice Is a Scam (AARP Article)

by Fall2025VA in Friends & Family.

‎10-07-2025 09:40 PM.

[10/7/25] Hi Gail @GailL1 , I didnot keep it or read it in detail. It came to the email address I use for my Rewards Account. AARP does NOT have my main email address. The one I use for AARP is "disposable". Anyway, it did say AARP gave them our email address. Only affects folks who have Facebook, which I DONOT. Take care, Nicole!

https://community.aarp.org/t5/Friends-Family/How-to-Tell-if-a-Class-Action-Lawsuit-Notice-Is-a-Scam-AARP/m-p/2631864#M10307

J

jm46325818

Contributor ⭐

Seems to be legit:

Contributor ⭐

Each time I try to get to the settlement page to fill out a claim form it tells me the site can't be reached. Is anyone else having this problem? It also seems the email has disappeared?? Norton just sent me a message saying it is a dangerous website?? Anyone else?

SereneSeagull

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

A couple of bucks not worth it to me

papawofboo

Community Champion ⭐

My wife got a good check from one that was about a diet pill, then on top of that got another check because the law firm pulled some shady junk and had to pay. Outside of that it has been a waste of time. I filled out one about milk, every year or so I would get another form to fill out. I don't think I ever got anything, if did it sure wasn't much.

Papaw of Boo

A

aamazon

Contributor ⭐

I got this email too. I contacted AARP to ask if it is real and just got a total runaround.

K

kdubes83

Contributor ⭐

This was in my Junk folder also. Not sure if it's worth the effort to submit a claim.

J

JanetY667522

Contributor ⭐

Hey today I was zelled $ 96 bucks and some change. Come on over for pizza and beer 😛😛.

K

KimberlyM331282

Contributor ⭐

Got my 96.56 today via Zelle also..😁😋

J

joni5779

Contributor ⭐

I received this email too but it wasnt in my spam folder. But I researched and came to this AARP OnLine Community site. So thank you all who posted and I feel confident now about the lawsuit

GailL1

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Seems since it is a “settlement” that somewhere on this vast AARP.org website they could at least mention it - But I guess that might increase the number of claims if more folks knew about it that were involved.

IT‘S ALWAYS SOMETHING . . . . .. . . . Roseanne Roseannadanna

S

SanDiegoDoug

Contributor ⭐

Any business or company, that loses or settles a class action lawsuit, and then has to make a payout to the plaintiffs, will never notify the potential recipients regarding the legal settlement or receiving a payout. That info is always released by the law firm that handles the case for the litigants, via general press releases to the public, and also via emails or mailed letters to the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, if their contact info is available to the law firm.

AARP already paid the full settlement amount of $12.5 million, for this case. No matter how many people ultimately file a claim here, that will not change that total settlement amount paid by AARP. The more eligible people that file a claim, just divides up the $12.5 million settlement funds into more (smaller) pieces, for each qualified recipient.

A

AA691669

Contributor ⭐

See here: https://www.claimdepot.com/settlements/aarp-settlement

SummerOnTheWay1

[Monday 4/13/26]

Well @jserramcorder , looks like the payouts have started. I DONOT have Facebook so DIDNOT "apply".

T

TheciaD162431

Contributor ⭐

You didn't need to have Facebook. It was what AARP shared with Facebook.

"If you were an AARP member or a registered user of the AARP website, you may be owed money.

The nonprofit organization has agreed to a $12.5 million settlement to resolve claims that it shared user information, including user identities and video-viewing activity, with Facebook."

M

MarianF110290

Contributor ⭐

I got an email today saying I'm to receive $96 payment to my Venmo. But I've checked and it's not in my Venmo account. When I click on the link in the email that says "Accept payment, etc" the link offers one option: to sign up for a Venmo Business account. I don't want a business account and I don't see why it has to be paid this way.

SummerOnTheWay1

[4/14/26] @MarianF110290 , have you reached out to AARP? Or Venmo?

➡️[*** @MarianF110290 wrote:
I got an email today saying I'm to receive $96 payment to my Venmo. But I've checked and it's not in my Venmo account. When I click on the link in the email that says "Accept payment, etc" the link offers one option: to sign up for a Venmo Business account. I don't want a business account and I don't see why it has to be paid this way.

D

d201425g

Contributor ⭐

II'm in the same boat - email from Venmo saying it's been paid but nothing in my Venmo account, though I didn't get an offer for a Business account. If someone has a way to contact Venmo or someone related to the suit, please share since the Venmo contact does not get you to a person and just tells you that it should be in your transactions

J

JuliLG

Contributor ⭐

Can confirm I also rcvd $96.56 to my paypal account. A nice little surprise. I always opt in for class-action suits that I'm eligible for, but I usually get only $5. or so. I think I got about $35. from Facebook last year, this is by far the most ever.

SummerOnTheWay1

[4/15/26] Congrats @JuliLG !!! 🎉 Lol, I expect Membership fees will be INCREASING.

➡️[*** @JuliLG wrote:
Can confirm I also rcvd $96.56 to my paypal account. A nice little surprise. I always opt in for class-action suits that I'm eligible for, but I usually get only $5. or so. I think I got about $35. from Facebook last year, this is by far the most ever.