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UPDATE: Due to confusing language in the court-approved distribution plan, Top Class Actions erroneously reported that distribution of payments would go out in March 2016. However, we have discovered that distribution will occur after final funding is received in September 2018. Keep checking this article for more updates as they become available.
This will be the first distribution of the PS.com settlement fund and will pay in full the valid claims of non-California Class Members. The remainder of the fund will be divided pro rata among the members of the California Class based on how much money they paid during the Class Period.
The PostiveSingles.com settlement was granted final approval by Superior Court Judge Peter H. Kirwan on Oct. 9, 2015, who agreed to allow the defendants to pay a total of $4.25 million in eight installments over the next three years.
According to the PS.com class action settlement, both parties agreed to maximize productivity by limiting the number of times that settlement checks are mailed out. Non-California Class Members will receive one payment check, while California Class Members will receive two.
California Class Members should expect to receive a final check after the last settlement payment is made in September of 2018.
The PositiveSingles.com settlement resolves two class action lawsuits (collectively known as Doe v. SuccessfulMatch.com) that accuse the dating websites of luring vulnerable daters who have tested positive for STDs by promising anonymity and strong privacy protection.
However, the plaintiffs claimed that the “free” and “anonymous” level of a PS.com membership provides the lowest level of service and does not produce the desired results. As a result, the plaintiffs became members of SuccessfulMatch.com and began paying membership fees to the dating service.
Likewise, the plaintiffs alleged that on SuccessfulMatch.com (which runs PS.com and other dating websites) there is no real opportunity to meet other online daters, instead you are offered a chance to start an online dating website by registering a domain name and sending it to SuccessfulMatch.com. Members are then pointed to hundreds or thousands of websites in the database.
The PositiveSingles.com class action lawsuit claimed that when online daters sign-up, they agree to the terms of service which states that other sites within the SM.com network may share your profile.
The plaintiffs alleged that some of the terms of this agreement are shocking. For example: Members give SM.com “a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, unrestrictive, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to use any files, messages or data of members.”
The PS.com class action lawsuit accused the companies of violating the Unfair Competition (California Business and Professions Code) and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
SuccessfulMatch.com denied all wrongdoings but agreed to the terms of the settlement to avoid the cost of further litigation. Class Members had until Sept. 22, 2015 to file a Claim Form in order to receive a portion of the $4.25 million PostiveSingles.com class action lawsuit settlement.
The California SucessfulMatch.com Class Action Lawsuit is John Doe v. SuccessfulMatch.com, Case No. 1-11-CV-211205 in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County.
The Non-California SuccessfulMatch.com Class Action Lawsuit is Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 v. Successfulmatch.com, Case No. 1-15-CV-276983 in the Santa Clara County Superior Court.
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16 thoughts onPositiveSingles.com Class Action Settlement Checks Expected Soon
How do I get into contact about a claim I filed years ago, have changed addresses and no longer can access my account
I filed for tons of these class actions lawsuits thru TOP CLASS ACTIONS and NEVER received a check thru the site NOR thru the class action themselves, A complete waste of time
My address has changed quite a bit in the last few years. Just updated it in the system. How can I find out if a check has already been mailed? This is as a California resident
“Non-California Class Members will receive one payment check, while California Class Members will receive two.
California Class Members should expect to receive a final check after the last settlement payment is made in September of 2018.”
i live in california and i received a check in the mail about a month ago. according to the language above, californians will receive 2 checks…is this still true?
I havent received anything
I’m so pissed off…I got this check in the mail the other day and on the very front of this check in very bold letters it says Positive Singles.. My roommate handy me the mail and I almost had a heart attack..Where is the f ing privacy…No one knows about me belonging to the website..I don’t even know how the hell they got my address. I’m so embarrassed
How did someone already receive a payout in Feb 2017 ? How do i find out the status of the claim? Can you pls provide an email address I can send my contact details to? I’d like to know when my cheque will be coming as Jim got his already (see first comment)
Thanks legal team, I just got a check from this lawsuit for $383. Great job!
PS is a JOKE. Should be called BS. They use randomizers to make you think people are viewing your profile. When you pay to contact them they deny. Maybe a few might be dishonest but I’ve asked dozens in chat rooms, etc. I don’t post a pic and wasn’t getting any hits for years. I contacted them to complain on numerous occasions, and then WHAM. I’m getting 3-5 views a day NATIONALLY. Hello randomizer. When the folks 3000mi. away have been asked if they viewed my profile….yup….NOT. These scumbags are preying on people at their ABSOLUTE LOWEST POINT OF LONELINESS>
I hope for a larger class action law suit!!
UPDATE: Due to confusing language in the court-approved distribution plan, Top Class Actions erroneously reported that distribution of payments would go out in March 2016. However, we have discovered that distribution will occur after final funding is received in September 2018. Keep checking this article for more updates as they become available.
I am a little confused on the payout of this lawsuit. As a member of this suit whos profile was posted during that time frame and still sits on it even though I hadn’t paid out membership fees but for a couple of months will only get the amount paid out for a company not only releasing my private information but violating numerous HIPPA laws in the state. Something seems awful wrong with that. I believe if I would have actually understood the agreement and was advised as such through the call I made to these attorneys, I would have opted out and went another route. Your verification wording seems to say it all too MOOT POINT. Seems that’s kinda where leaves me, isn’t it