Ramirez v. Forbes Media, LLC. - Settlement Agreement

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Ramirez v. Forbes Media, LLC. - Claim Form

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You must submit your Claim Form online on or before November 4, 2025, or mail your completed paper Claim Form so that it is postmarked on or before November 4, 2025.

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You must mail your completed request for exclusion so that it is postmarked on or before October 21, 2025.

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You must mail your objection(s) and/or notice of intent to appear at the Final Approval Hearing so that it/they are postmarked on or before October 21, 2025.

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The Final Approval Hearing is November 17, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. EST via Zoom. Please check this website for updates. 

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This website is authorized by the Court, supervised by counsel to the parties, and controlled by the Settlement Administrator approved by the Court. This is the only authorized website for this case. Call:(833) 621-7730 Mail:Forbes.com Privacy Settlementc/o Kroll Settlement AdministrationPO Box 225391New York, NY 10150-5391

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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. A court authorized this Settlement Website.  You are not being sued.  This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.<ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li style="text-align:justify;">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 defending the case.  </li><li style="text-align:justify;">You are included if you are or were a Forbes online or mobile application account holder and/or Forbes newsletter subscriber who had a Facebook account, in the United States, and who accessed a video through forbes.com from the same device and browser where you accessed Facebook from July 25, 2020 through December 1, 2022.  </li><li style="text-align:justify;">Persons included in the Settlement will be eligible to submit a Claim Form to receive a cash payment of up to $15.  </li><li style="text-align:justify;">Read the <a href="https://www.forbesvppasettlement.com/files/Lamb%20v.%20Forbes%20-%20Website%20Notice%20v7.pdf">notice</a> carefully. Your legal rights are affected whether you act, or don’t act.</li></ul><figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#CCCCCC;border:1.0pt solid black;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#E6E6E6;border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:black;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM BY NOVEMBER 4, 2025</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid black;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid black;border-top-style:none;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">This is the only way to receive a payment. </td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#E6E6E6;border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:black;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;height:42.7pt;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">EXCLUDE YOURSELF BY OCTOBER 21, 2025</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid black;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid black;border-top-style:none;height:42.7pt;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">You will receive no benefits, but you will retain any rights you currently have to sue the Defendant about the claims in this case.</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#E6E6E6;border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:black;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">OBJECT BY OCTOBER 21, 2025</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid black;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid black;border-top-style:none;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">Write to the Court explaining why you don’t like the Settlement.</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#E6E6E6;border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:black;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">GO TO THE HEARING BY NOVEMBER 17, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. EST</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid black;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid black;border-top-style:none;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">Ask to speak in Court about your opinion of the Settlement.</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#E6E6E6;border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:black;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">DO NOTHING</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid black;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid black;border-top-style:none;padding:0in 5.75pt;vertical-align:top;">You will not get a share of the Settlement benefits and will give up your rights to sue the Defendant about the claims in this case.</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>Your rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained in <a href="https://www.forbesvppasettlement.com/files/Lamb%20v.%20Forbes%20-%20Website%20Notice%20v7.pdf">notice</a>.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, Case No. CACE-25-011695

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Important Dates

Claim Form Deadline

Exclusion Deadline

Objection Deadline

Final Approval Hearing