$12.5M AARP Settlement Resolves Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Disclosure of Users’ Personal Information

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AARP has agreed to a $12.5 million class action settlement that offers pro-rated cash payments to individuals who used video features on its site between certain dates and had an active Facebook account during the same time period.

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The AARP class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on September 12, 2025, and covers anyone whose private information may have been accessed after requesting or obtaining video content on the AARP website in the United States between September 27, 2020 and September 12, 2025, and at the same time had a Facebook account and was an AARP member or a registered user of AARP.org.

The court-approved website for the AARP class action settlement can be found at https://www.AARPSettlement.com/.

AARP settlement class members who submit a valid, timely claim form can receive a one-time, pro-rated cash payment of approximately $47 to $237. The final amount of each eligible class member’s cash payout will depend on the total number of valid claims that are filed and what remains in the settlement fund after deducting settlement administration expenses, attorney costs and fees, and any service awards from the settlement fund.

Eligible class members will have the option to choose their payout via cash or electronic payment, the settlement website shares.

As part of the class action settlement, AARP has additionally agreed to limit the use of Meta Pixel, a back-end programming tool that tracks analytical information of the site’s users, on the video features of its site.

To submit a settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and enter the class member ID found on their copy of the settlement notice. Consumers who believe they are a class member but did not receive a notice should contact the settlement administrator to confirm their identity and receive their login ID.

According to the settlement website, class members looking to submit a claim form will need their Facebook profile link. Instructions on how to find your Facebook profile link can be found in the answer to question 14 on the settlement website’s FAQ page.

Alternatively, class members can download a PDF of the claim form to print, fill out, and return by mail to the address listed near the top of the form.

AARP settlement claim forms must be submitted online or by mail by December 31, 2025.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the AARP settlement at a hearing on February 10, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval is granted and any appeals are resolved.

The class action lawsuit against AARP claimed that the nonprofit, which represents American consumers 50 years old and older, violated the federal Video Privacy Protection Act by collecting and transmitting the information of users who viewed videos on its website to Meta starting in late 2020. Per the suit, this data was correlated to users’ Facebook IDs, which contained personally identifiable information such as a user’s name, gender, date of birth, residence, employment, family members, interests, photos, and more.

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