Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement
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- Claim Deadline
- Exclusion Deadline
- Objection Deadline
- Final Approval Hearing
A Settlement has been proposed in class action litigation against Oracle America, Inc. (“Oracle”). This class action alleges that Oracle improperly captured, compiled, and sold individuals’ online and offline data to third parties without obtaining their consent. Oracle denies all the allegations made in the lawsuit and any wrongdoing and maintains that its practices were lawful and disclosed to individuals.
You are included in this Settlement, and your rights may be affected by this Settlement, if you are a Settlement Class Member, which is defined as “all natural persons residing in the United States whose personal information, or data derived from their personal information, was acquired, captured, or otherwise collected by Oracle Advertising technologies or made available for use or sale by or through ID Graph, Data Marketplace, or any other Oracle Advertising product or service from August 19, 2018 to the date of final judgment in the Action.”
The Notice summarizes the proposed Settlement and your legal rights. For the precise terms of the Settlement, see the Settlement Agreement available on the Important Documents page.
Under the Settlement, Oracle has agreed to certain monetary and nonmonetary relief.
Monetary Relief: The Settlement establishes a $115 million Settlement Fund, to be used for cash payments to Settlement Class Members who submit valid claims for compensation, after deducting the costs of the settlement administration, court-approved attorneys’ fees and expenses, and Service Awards for two Class Representatives. The amount of monetary payments issued to Settlement Class Members will depend on the number of valid claims received.
Nonmonetary Relief: No later than the Effective Date of the Settlement Agreement, Oracle will certify that, for as long as it continues to offer the products and services described in the complaint, it will: (i) not capture (a) user-generated information within referrer URLs (i.e., the URL of the previously-visited page) associated with a website user or (b) except for Oracle’s own websites, any text entered by a user in an online web form; and (ii) implement an audit program to reasonably review customer compliance with contractual consumer privacy obligations.
Release: In exchange for the benefits the Settlement provides, Settlement Class Members will release any and all claims they may have (whether known or unknown) regarding the allegations in the complaint.
The Court will decide whether to approve the proposed Settlement. If approved, the Settlement will resolve the litigation entitled Katz-Lacabe et al v. Oracle America, Inc., Case No. 3:22-cv-04792-RS, which is pending before Judge Richard Seeborg in the Northern District of California.
The class action settlement approval process may take several months, or more if there is an appeal.