Surfshark class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Plaintiff Arvin Garcia filed a class action lawsuit against Surfshark B.V.
- Why: Garcia claims Surfshark illegally charged him for an automatic subscription renewal for its VPN services.
- Where: The Surfshark class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.
Another class action lawsuit claims Surfshark illegally charged consumers in California for automatically renewing subscriptions, this time for its virtual private network (VPN) services.
Plaintiff Arvin Garcia argues in the Surfshark class action lawsuit that the company failed to make clear to consumers that they were being signed up for automatic charges.
Garcia claims he purchased a 24-month subscription to Surfshark’s VPN services in May 2020 and believed he was making a one-time purchase due to the company’s “deficient disclosures.”
“Unbeknownst to him and without his consent, Surfshark enrolled him in an automatically renewing plan,” the Surfshark class action states.
Garcia claims Surfshark automatically charged him $59.76 for yearly renewals in May 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Surfshark allegedly charged consumer for auto-renewal without clear consent
Garcia claims Surfshark violated California’s Automatic Renewal Law, which requires companies who sign consumers up for automatically renewing purchases to provide “clear and conspicuous” disclosures about the autorenewal plan and obtain “affirmative consent” to enroll consumers.
“Surfshark does not provide the required clear and conspicuous disclosures or obtain affirmative consent,” the Surfshark class action states.
Garcia wants to represent a class of all consumers in California who enrolled in a Surfshark plan through its website and were charged for at least one automatically recurring payment during the statute of limitations.
He is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of restitution and damages for himself and all class members.
In 2024, Surfshark faced similar accusations alleging it deceptively enrolled consumers in an auto-renewal payment plan for its products and services.
Have you been charged for an automatic subscription renewal by Surfshark? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiff is represented by Jonas B. Jacobson and Simon Franzini of Dovel & Luner LLP.
The Surfshark class action lawsuit is Garcia v. Surfshark B.V., Case No. 2:25-cv-06537, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
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