Welcome to the Website for the Lee v. Springer Nature America, Inc., Proposed Class Action Settlement

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Lee v. Springer Nature America, Inc., Case No. 1:24-04493-LJL

You May Be Entitled to a Payment From a Class Action Settlement If You Subscribed or Signed Up for Access to Springer Nature America's Website, www.scientificamerican.com

Claims Must be Submitted no later than September 14, 2025

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Defendant Springer Nature America, Inc. ("Defendant" or "Springer Nature America"). The class action lawsuit alleges Springer Nature America disclosed its subscribers' personally identifiable information ("PII") to Meta via the Meta Pixel (a piece of code Springer Nature America installed across its Scientific American website), without its subscribers' consent, 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. Spring Nature America denies that it violated any law but has agreed to the settlement to avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with continuing the case.

You may be included in the Settlement Class if you are a person in the United States who, from June 12, 2022, to and through the July 31, 2025, possessed login credentials for Springer Nature America's website, possessed a Facebook account, and requested or obtained video content from and/or through Springer Nature America's website while logged into Facebook.

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 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viewed, unless and until the VPPA is: (a) amended to expressly permit (and not prohibit) the Released Claims, (b) repealed, or (c) invalidated by a judicial decision on the use of website pixel technology.

Read the Notice and this website carefully. Both explain your rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them. Your legal rights are affected whether you act, or do not act.