The Tubi streaming settlement is a $19.99 million class action deal resolving claims that the free ad-supported service shared users’ viewing history and personal information with advertisers in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Payments of roughly $51.84 per approved claimant began going out on October 17, 2025. The claim deadline was November 28, 2024, and it is now closed.
How Much Claimants Are Getting
Based on user reports from late October 2025, individual payments came to approximately $51.84. The figure reflects what was left of the $19,990,000 fund after attorneys’ fees (class counsel could request up to 35%), administration costs, and a service award of up to $5,000 for the class representative, divided equally among everyone who filed a valid claim.
Payments went out first through digital methods, primarily PayPal and Venmo, to claimants who selected that option. Anyone who elected digital payment but could not receive it that way is being reissued a physical check. Checks expire 90 days after they are issued, so cash them promptly once they arrive.
Who Was Covered
The settlement class included anyone in the United States who used Tubi’s streaming service at any point between June 23, 2021, and August 26, 2024. It did not matter whether you had a registered account or simply watched content on a device without signing up; both groups were eligible if they filed on time.
The case is Gregory v. Tubi, Inc., Case No. 2024-LA-0000209, in the Circuit Court for the 17th Judicial Circuit in Winnebago County, Illinois, before Judge Ronald A. Barch. A fairness hearing was held on December 4, 2024, and continued to January 8, 2025. The settlement administrator began distributing payments on October 17, 2025.
Can You Still File a Claim
No. The claim deadline was November 28, 2024. If you did not submit a claim form by that date, you are not eligible to receive a payment from this fund, even if you used Tubi during the covered period. Claims had to be filed online through the official settlement website or by mail to the administrator’s P.O. Box in Santa Ana, California, with the claimant’s name, email addresses tied to any Tubi account, and mailing address. People who watched without registering also had to identify their device type and the approximate dates they watched.
What Tubi Was Accused Of
The underlying claim, first brought as Campos v. Tubi, Inc. in the Northern District of Illinois and then refiled in Illinois state court on July 19, 2024, alleged that Tubi violated the Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 statute originally written to protect video rental records. Plaintiffs said Tubi compiled detailed user profiles and shared them with advertisers and business partners without the separate written consent the VPPA requires.
The information allegedly disclosed included names, email addresses, device identifiers, precise geolocation, browsing history, and the specific videos each user watched. Tubi has not admitted wrongdoing through the settlement. Class counsel was McGuire Law, P.C. of Chicago; Tubi was represented by Jenner & Block.
The Opt-Out and Arbitration Dispute
About 24,000 class members opted out of the settlement, represented by the firm Keller Postman, which planned to pursue individual arbitration claims against Tubi. Tubi responded by filing a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., Tubi, Inc. v. Keller Postman LLC, accusing the firm of manufacturing thousands of arbitration demands. Keller Postman filed its own suit in Los Angeles Superior Court in December 2024, alleging that a former FBI special agent had been hired to contact its clients directly, and moved to disqualify Jenner & Block from the D.C. case.
The dispute ended in a confidential global settlement in late 2025. Tubi dropped the D.C. lawsuit in November 2025, and Keller Postman dismissed an appeal it had filed on behalf of ten individuals in the Illinois state class action. According to Keller Postman’s Warren Postman, the firm itself received no money in the resolution, though the underlying arbitration claims of its clients were settled as part of the broader deal.