March 2024 Class Action Settlements Involve LensCrafters, Apple, Knix
Consumers who have experienced issues, such as companies falsely advertising their products or services, could receive payments from 10 settlements accepting claims in March.
March 2024 Class Action Settlements
Deadlines are quickly approaching, so act fast.
Apple Family Sharing $25M class action settlement
Apple agreed to pay $25 million to resolve claims that it tricked users into thinking app subscriptions would be shared with Family Sharing plans.
The settlement benefits consumers who purchased a subscription to an app through the Apple Store while enrolled in a Family Sharing group with at least one other member between June 21, 2015, and Jan. 30, 2019.
According to the class action lawsuit, Apple intentionally misrepresented its Family Sharing plans to deceive consumers into believing their app subscriptions would be shared with family members. Plaintiffs in the case argue they would not have paid for a Family Sharing plan or paid as much for these plans if they knew the truth about subscription sharing.
The deadline to submit a claim with the settlement is March 1, 2024.
LensCrafters AccuFit false advertising $39M class action settlement
LensCrafters agreed to pay $39 million to resolve claims that it misrepresented the precision of its AccuFit system.
The settlement benefits consumers who purchased prescription eyeglasses from LensCrafters between Sept. 5, 2013, and Sept. 20, 2023, after being fitted with the AccuFit system.
LensCrafters reportedly claims its AccuFit system is “five times more precise” than traditional fitting methods and could measure “down to a tenth of a millimeter.” Despite these claims, LensCrafters allegedly failed to update its manufacturing process to accommodate a 0.1 mm specification.
The deadline to submit a claim with the settlement is March 27, 2024.
Credit Karma ‘pre-approved’ credit $3M FTC settlement
Credit Karma agreed to a $3 million settlement to resolve a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit that claimed the company’s pre-approval offers falsely represented consumers’ chances of being approved for credit.
The settlement benefits 497,425 consumers who were denied credit after responding to a Credit Karma offer that said they were “pre-approved” and/or had “90% odds” of being approved for the credit opportunity.
According to the FTC, Credit Karma deceived consumers into thinking they were pre-approved for credit opportunities, which convinced them to apply. These applicants were later denied because of their credit, the FTC claims, causing them to waste their time and suffer dropped credit scores due to hard inquiries.
The deadline to submit a claim with the settlement is March 4, 2024.
Knix toxic chemicals $1.4M class action settlement
Knix agreed to pay $1.4 million to resolve claims that its period underwear contains dangerous levels of PFAS chemicals, which have been linked to birth complications, cancer and other serious health problems.
The settlement benefits consumers who purchased Knix products between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2022.
Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit claim they were not warned that Knix period underwear contained dangerous PFAS chemicals that could put them at risk for serious health problems. Consumers argue that they wouldn’t have purchased the period underwear if they knew they would be exposing themselves to dangerous chemicals.
The deadline to submit a claim with the settlement is March 11, 2024.
Waste Management data breach class action settlement
Waste Management agreed to a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve allegations that it negligently failed to prevent a 2021 data breach of employee data.
The settlement benefits individuals who received a data breach notice from Waste Management informing them that their information may have been compromised in a January 2021 cyberattack.
According to the class action lawsuit, hackers accessed Waste Management’s systems in January 2021 and stole sensitive employee information, including Social Security numbers. Plaintiffs in the case argue that Waste Management could have prevented the breach by implementing reasonable cybersecurity measures.
The deadline to submit a claim with the settlement is March 14, 2024.
Aspen Dental Management unsolicited texts class action settlement
Aspen Dental agreed to a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that it sent unsolicited text messages to consumers, violating Florida telemarketing laws.
The settlement benefits individuals with a Florida area code who received a text message from Aspen Dental management between July 1, 2021, and Feb. 20, 2024.
According to the class action lawsuit, Aspen Dental Management sent unsolicited text messages to consumers advertising its locations and services. These messages were allegedly sent without consent and violated the Florida Telephone Consumer Solicitation Act (FTSA).
The deadline to submit a claim with the settlement is March 31, 2024.
Ima Pizza, &Pizza marketing texts $750K class action settlement
Ima Pizza agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve claims that it continued to contact consumers with telemarketing texts after they opted out of these messages.
The settlement benefits consumers who received text messages from Ima Pizza, doing business as &Pizza, after they requested to no longer receive text messages.
Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit claim Ima Pizza violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending spam texts to consumers after they opted out of receiving such messages. Under TCPA, businesses must respect consumer opt-out requests.
The deadline to submit a claim with the settlement is March 18, 2024.
CafePress data breach $500K FTC settlement
CafePress agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve an FTC settlement claiming that it attempted to cover up a 2019 data breach after failing to properly protect consumer information.
The settlement benefits consumers whose Social Security numbers were exposed in a CafePress data breach in 2019.
The FTC claimed CafePress failed to protect consumer information, which allowed hackers to steal 184,000 consumers’ plain-text Social Security numbers. In addition to failing to safeguard consumer information, CafePress allegedly attempted to cover up the breach instead of informing data breach victims.
The deadline to submit a claim with the settlement is March 10, 2024.
Eye Care Leaders (ECL) data breach class action settlement
Eye Care Leaders agreed to pay over $4 million to resolve claims that it failed to prevent a 2021 data breach that compromised patient and physician data.
The settlement benefits physicians and eye care clinics who contracted with Eye Care Leaders for record-keeping and other practice management services, including those who suffered outages while using iMedicWare, myCare Integrity and MyVision Express software. The settlement also benefits patients of these eye clinics whose information was compromised in the data breach.
According to the class action lawsuit, ECL failed to properly protect patient and eye clinic information, allowing hackers to access sensitive consumer information. In addition, several data breaches starting in 2021 allegedly caused outages for eye clinics.
The deadline to submit a claim with the settlement is March 14, 2024.
Vee Pak staffing discrimination $6.6M class action settlement
Vee Pak agreed to pay $6.6 million to resolve claims that it discriminated against African American applicants who sought work opportunities through various staffing agencies.
The settlement benefits African American laborers who sought work assignments at Staffing Network, Alternate Staffing and/or Personnel Staffing Group LLC who were not assigned to work at Vee Pak at certain points between Jan. 1, 2011, and Jan. 16, 2018.
Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit claim Vee Pak and staffing agencies discriminated against them based on their race. The African American applicants say Vee Pak systematically denied them work assignments despite being well suited for the positions.
The deadline to submit a claim with the settlement is March 22, 2024.
