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A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit that accuses magazine publisher Meredith Corporation of violating Michigan law by disclosing customers’ subscription information to third parties.
Michigan residents who purchased subscriptions to any of the following Meredith publications between Jan. 1, 2009 and Mar. 28, 2014 may be entitled to benefits from the magazine subscriber privacy settlement:
- Ageless Iron
- AllRecipes
- American Baby
- American Patchwork & Quilting
- Beautiful Homes
- Better Homes and Gardens
- Country Gardens
- Country Home
- Creative Home
- Decorating
- Diabetic Living
- Do It Yourself
- Eating Well
- Every Day with Rachael Ray (nka Rachael Ray Every Day)
- Family Circle
- FamilyFun
- Fitness
- Garden
- Deck & Landscape
- Garden Ideas
- Heart Healthy Living
- Ladies Home Journal
- Living the Country Life
- Midwest Living
- More
- Parents
- Ready Made
- Renovation Style
- Scrapbooks, etc.
- Ser Padres
- Successful Farming
- Traditional Home
- Wood
The Meredith magazine class action lawsuit was filed in March 2014 by plaintiff Deborah Kinder. Kinder alleges that Meredith’s business division compiles and disseminates mailing lists that contain subscribers’ information to third parties. The information contained in these mailing lists allegedly includes subscribers’ full names, titles of the magazines to which they subscribe, home addresses, and other information.
Kinder asserts that Meredith’s dissemination of subscriber information to third parties violates Michigan’s Video Rental Privacy Act, which prohibits companies from providing information, without permission, about a customer’s purchase if the record identifies the customer.
Meredith denies that it violated any law but agreed to settle the magazine subscriber class action lawsuit to avoid the expense and uncertainty of ongoing litigation. Meredith has agreed to create a settlement fund of $7.5 million to resolve the litigation.
UPDATE July 14, 2016: The settlement website has been updated stating that it is anticipated that funds will be distributed by the end of July 2016.  Keep checking back and let Top Class Actions know when you receive a check in the comments section below or on our Facebook page.
UPDATE 2: On July 29, 2016, Top Class Actions viewers who submitted timely and valid claims for the Meredith magazine settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $32.40!
Who’s Eligible
Class Members of the magazine subscriber privacy settlement include anyone who had a Michigan street address and purchased a subscription to a Meredith publication between Jan. 1, 2009 and Mar. 28, 2014.
Meredith Publications include: Ageless Iron, AllRecipes, American Baby, American Patchwork & Quilting, Beautiful Homes, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Gardens, Country Home, Creative Home, Decorating, Diabetic Living, Do It Yourself, Eating Well, Every Day with Rachael Ray (nka Rachael Ray Every Day), Family Circle, FamilyFun, Fitness, Garden, Deck & Landscape, Garden Ideas, Heart Healthy Living, Ladies Home Journal, Living the Country Life, Midwest Living, More, Parents, Ready Made, Renovation Style, Scrapbooks etc., Ser Padres, Successful Farming, Traditional Home, Wood.
Potential Award
$100 (estimated).
The amount each claimant receives from the class action settlement will depend on the total number of claims filed. Class Counsel estimates each Class Member who files a timely and valid Claim Form will receive a payment of $100.
Proof of Purchase
N/A. Class Members must assert, under the penalty of perjury, that all information provided in the Claim Form is true and correct.
Claim Form
Claim Form Deadline
06/25/2016
Case Name
Kinder v. Meredith Corp., Case No. 1:14-cv-11284-TLL-CEB, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Final Hearing
05/11/2016
Settlement Website
www.MeredithMagazineSettlement.com
Claims Administrator
Magazine Subscriber Privacy Settlement
c/o KCC LLC
P.O. Box 30207
College Station, TX 77842-9916
1-877-369-4017
info@MeredithMagazineSettlement.com
Class Counsel
Jay Edelson
Ari J. Scharg
Benjamin S. Thomassen
EDELSON PC
Defense Counsel
Jacob Sommer
ZWILLGEN PLLC
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34 thoughts onMeredith Magazine Subscriber Privacy Class Action Settlement
Someone actually called?? Seriously ? Are they mad bc they didn’t get 100$ just 32$ and maybe people lived in Michigan at the time… I don’t know. But congratulations on the ones who got it :)
A guy by the name of ranny rewalls went to admin about them paying claims to non Michigan residents judge made the payments stop why do think that nobody is getting checks any longer when they start back up they will be more then likely a lot more
wheres the checks ?????
Anyone have a phone # to talk to a person?
But they specifically asked for your address… how do they get away with that if they don’t live/lived there.
The checks have stopped due to complaints to admin about all these people outside of Michigan receiving checks without providing the address they lived at in Michigan.I glad they did this that means when checks start coming again they will be a lot more for those of us in Michigan.
What did the say about the checks have the all been mailed already?
Nothing here in NC
nothing in Mo yet
Nothing still for me either
Nothing here in Indiana yet!!
nothing here yet in North Carolina