Moog v. The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Moog v. The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc., Case No. 1:24-cv-00501-PTG-IDD

Records Indicate You May Be Entitled to a Payment From a Class Action Settlement Because You Created a Login to The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. Website

Claims Must be Submitted no later than April 29, 2025

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• A Settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Defendant The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. (“CBN” or “Defendant”). The class action lawsuit alleges that, during the Class Period (i.e. March 28, 2022 to and through May 28, 2024), CBN disclosed the personally identifiable information (“PII”) of those individuals with a CBN login (such PII being more specifically described as that individual’s Facebook ID) to Meta (i.e., Facebook) via the Meta Pixel in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“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 (i.e., a video tape provider is defined as any Person, engaged in the business, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of rental, sale, or delivery of prerecorded video cassette tapes or similar audio-visual materials). CBN denies that it violated any law but has agreed to the settlement to avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with continuing the case.
   
• You are included in the Settlement Class if you are a Person in the United States who, from March 28, 2022, to and through May 28, 2024, possessed and used login credentials for any of CBN’s websites, and requested or obtained video content from and/or through any of CBN’s Services. 
   
• Persons included in the Settlement will be eligible to receive a cash payment pro rata (meaning equal) portion of the Net Settlement Fund. The Settlement also requires Defendant to suspend operation of the Meta Pixel and other tracking technologies that violate the VPPA on any pages on its website that both include video content and have a URL that identifies the video content viewed, unless and until the same is authorized or permitted by law, and/or the VPPA is: (a) amended to expressly permit (and not prohibit) the activity alleged as unlawful in the Complaint , (b) repealed, or (c) invalidated by a judicial decision on the use of website pixel technology by the United States Supreme Court or the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
   
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