V Shred Class Action Lawsuit: $4M Settlement and Claim Details

V Shred agreed to a $4 million class action settlement to resolve claims that it shared users’ personal information with third parties through tracking pixels and cookies embedded on VShred.com. Eligible class members could claim up to $10 each. The claims deadline was August 11, 2025, and payments reportedly began going out to approved claimants in December 2025.1Claim Depot. VShred Privacy eSettlement

Who Qualified and What You Could Claim

The settlement class covered anyone in the United States who, between January 1, 2022, and May 13, 2025, did any of the following on VShred.com or through its affiliated sales channels:

  • Watched a video on VShred.com
  • Took an online quiz on VShred.com
  • Bought products or services from V Shred, Sculptnation, or through V Shred’s Amazon storefront

There was one extra requirement to actually collect a payment. Claimants had to verify that they held an active account on at least one of five platforms: Google, Meta (Facebook), X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, or Snap.2ClassAction.org. $4M V Shred Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Online Video Privacy Violations That fit the theory of the case: the tracking pixels at issue were built to send information to those platforms’ advertising networks.

Class counsel estimated each approved claimant would receive about $10, subject to pro rata reduction if valid claims exceeded what the fund could pay after fees and administrative costs.2ClassAction.org. $4M V Shred Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Online Video Privacy Violations The payment did not vary by category. Someone who only watched a video received the same amount as someone who bought a supplement stack.

The $4 million fund was designed to cover everything: claimant payments, notice and administration handled by Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, attorneys’ fees and costs, and incentive awards for the two named plaintiffs. The settlement agreement did not fix a dollar figure for fees or incentive awards, leaving those amounts to the court.3ClassAction.org. Bolanos et al. v. VShred, LLC Settlement Agreement

What V Shred Was Accused Of

The lawsuit, Bolanos, et al. v. VShred, LLC, was filed on January 28, 2025, in the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida.4Trellis.law. Oscar Bolanos, Et Al vs. Vshred, LLC Named plaintiffs Oscar Bolanos and Alessandro de la Torre alleged that V Shred used the Meta pixel, other tracking pixels, cookies, and analytics tools to send users’ personally identifiable information to third parties without consent whenever those users watched videos, took quizzes, or made purchases on the site.3ClassAction.org. Bolanos et al. v. VShred, LLC Settlement Agreement

The complaint brought claims under three privacy statutes: the federal Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, and the Florida Security of Communications Act.2ClassAction.org. $4M V Shred Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Online Video Privacy Violations The Video Privacy Protection Act was originally written to keep video-rental records private, and plaintiffs have increasingly used it against websites that host video content and run pixel-tracking code.

V Shred’s own privacy policy, last updated in October 2024, acknowledges that the company uses the Facebook Pixel and other tracking cookies, and states that data shared with third-party marketing partners may constitute a “sale” or “share” under the California Consumer Privacy Act.5V Shred. V Shred Privacy Policy V Shred denied the allegations but agreed to settle to avoid the cost and uncertainty of continued litigation.6VShred Privacy eSettlement. Bolanos, et al. v. VShred, LLC Settlement

Key Dates in the Case

The case moved from filing to settlement quickly, which suggests the parties had been negotiating before or shortly after the complaint hit the docket.

With the claims window closed, new claim submissions are no longer being accepted for this settlement.

The Separate V Shred Pricing Lawsuit

If you’re searching for a V Shred lawsuit, be aware that a different case is also active and unrelated to the privacy settlement. On July 18, 2025, Josh Goldman filed Goldman v. V Shred LLC (Case No. 2:25-cv-06582) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that V Shred advertises fake discounts by showing strikethrough “regular” prices that are never actually charged and by using expiring-deal countdowns to pressure buyers.8Top Class Actions. Class Action Alleges V Shred’s Supposed Deals Were Just Regular Prices The complaint brings claims under California’s False Advertising Law, the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, and the Unfair Competition Law, and seeks certification of a California class.9Truth in Advertising. Goldman v. V Shred, LLC Complaint That case is in its early stages and is not covered by the $4 million privacy settlement.