February 23, 2026
A California federal judge on Friday granted final approval to AARP's $12.5 million settlement with 2.5 million website users in a Video Privacy Protection Act suit over the use of Meta tracking pixels, but slashed $625,000 off the plaintiffs' attorney fee bid, saying the result was fair but not extraordinary.
December 20, 2023
AARP customers survived a dismissal bid in a putative class action alleging the nonprofit illegally shares their identities and video viewing activities with Meta after a California federal judge said their amended pleading describes the significant role video content plays in AARP's operations under the Video Privacy Protection Act.
August 30, 2023
A California federal judge tossed a proposed class action Tuesday claiming the AARP unlawfully disclosed their identities and video-viewing preferences to Meta, finding the consumers must establish "some nexus" between them and the organization under the Video Privacy Protection Act beyond simply visiting the website.