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TCA viewers are reporting that they have received checks from the Smartphone privacy class action settlement worth as much as $417.00.

The Smartphone privacy class action lawsuit, filed in 2011, alleged that mobile device giants, including HTC, Huawei, LG, Motorola, Pantech Wireless, and Samsung, installed software that gathered users’ private information. The plaintiffs in the nearly 70 lawsuits filed over the allegations said that user information collected by the tech companies included names, passwords, text messages, and search history.

According to the class action lawsuit, the tech giants violated the federal Wiretap Act when they included this software on smartphones and tablets, along with state privacy laws.

Samsung and the other defendants sought to dismiss the class action lawsuit on numerous occasions, arguing that they did not “intercept” communications while gathering user data as laid out in the Wiretap Act. Ultimately, however, the plaintiffs won a settlement in the multidistrict litigation totaling $9 million for Class Members.

Class Members in the class action lawsuit settlement included those who who purchased, owned, or were authorized users of certain phones and tablets manufactured by HTC, Huawei, LG, Motorola, Pantech Wireless, or Samsung with service on AT&T, Cricket, Sprint, or T-Mobile between Dec. 1, 2007 through Mar. 1, 2016.

In addition to a cash payout, multiple defendant smartphone and tablet makers agreed to supply a fix that would stop the data gathering software on the affected devices.

There are an estimated 79 million Class Members affected by the alleged wiretapping software on their mobile devices. It was estimated that each Class Member would receive a $149.00 cash award, although TCA viewers are reporting as much as $417.00.

The deadline to submit a claim in the class action lawsuit settlement was June 4, 2016. An appeal to the Smartphone Privacy class action settlement was filed in September 2016, delaying the payout of claims. The settlement website reported that checks were mailed on Sept. 21, 2018.

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The plaintiffs are represented by Joseph H. Malley, Law Office of Joseph H. Malley, PC, Steve W. Berman and Robert F. Lopez of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Bruce L. Simon, Daniel L. Warshaw and William J. Newsom of Pearson Simon & Warshaw LLP, and others.

The Samsung Smartphone Privacy Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Carrier IQ Inc. Consumer Privacy Litigation, Case No. 3:12-md-02330, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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227 thoughts onSmartphone Privacy Class Action Settlement Checks Mailed

  1. Nicole White says:

    I signed up never receive a check I’m with Metro PCS who T mobile owns

    1. Nicole W says:

      Remember to include “Qualcomm Antitrust Litigation” on any correspondence, envelope, and/or subject line.
      Notice Administrator
      c/o A.B. Data, Ltd.
      P.O. Box 170500
      Milwaukee, WI 53217
      info@mobilephoneclassaction.com

      Class Counsel
      Kalpana Srinivasan, Esq.
      SUSMAN GODFREY, LLP
      1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400
      Los Angeles, CA 90067-6029
      P: (310) 789-3100

      Joseph W. Cotchett, Esq.
      COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP
      840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200
      Burlingame, CA 94010
      P: (650) 697-6000

  2. Frances Thomas says:

    I joined this CA and never received my settlement check. Please post how to follow up and how to update contact information if necessary

  3. PATRICIA A GRIESBAUER says:

    I HAVE A SAMSUNG PHONE THRU T-MOBILE. I WAS NEVER ENTERED INTO THE CLASS ACTION

    I DO WANT MY INSURANCE CHECK. I HAVE BEEN WITH T-MOBILE FOR SOME YEARS NOW AND

    THEY ARE A MAJOR RIP OFF

  4. Lisa Sharp says:

    Never have I gotten a phone lawsuit check for any settlements I was in and filed claim and receive a claim number last is insurance company mutual my phone number was contacted I did claim online we see

  5. Cynthia MARTIN says:

    add me please

    1. Christina murillo says:

      I have a samsung phone and thru tmobile I have had Samsung phones thru metro pcs thru t-mobile I have had phones thru Verizon at&t and sprint .I never received anything

  6. Wendy says:

    I have not received my check

  7. Denia Elizarraras says:

    I never received my check. Who do I contact?

  8. JENNIFER CAMPOS says:

    I received a check for $11.79 . bullshit

  9. Celene Hampton says:

    The check they sent me is no good! After I deposited it in my bank they did a stop payment on it and took ! That’s fraudulent. So who can I speak to?

  10. Rebecca S Barnard says:

    I received my check but my last name was misspelled and my bank won’t honor it so who do I contact to reissue a new check

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