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Simplilearn class action lawsuit is currently open:
Those who meet eligibility criteria should apply before the deadline December 11, 2026. Simplilearn video privacy settlement: a $3 million fund over course data its app and website shared. U.S. users from Feb. 2023 to Sept. 2026 can claim.
Simplilearn Class Action Lawsuit
Justin Korn downloaded the Simplilearn app on his iPhone in about June 2023 and signed up for its online courses. In February 2025 he sued the company, saying the app had been reporting what he studied to outside companies. According to the complaint, the app ran tools from two of them, Amplitude, an analytics company, and WebEngage, a marketing platform, and sent them users' email addresses, precise locations, device identifiers and zip codes, along with the title and ID of each course a user opened. Because each Simplilearn course is its own set of video lessons, the complaint says, a course title tells the recipient exactly which videos a person watched.
The claim rests on the Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 federal law passed after a video store gave a newspaper Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork's rental history. It bars a business that provides videos from disclosing what a named customer watched without consent, and it allows $2,500 in damages for each violation. Simplilearn argued that a course title is not a video and that the case belonged in Texas. In February 2026, Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts rejected both arguments (Korn v. Simplilearn Americas Inc., No. 1:25-cv-10461), finding that course titles can identify "specific video materials".
The two sides went to mediation in June 2026 and reached a deal in August. They agreed to have it approved in Florida state court, where Albert Beninati joined Korn as a plaintiff, and the settlement is now before the Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County. Simplilearn denies doing anything wrong, and no court has decided who is right. The lawyers appointed to represent the class, called class counsel, are Bursor & Fisher, P.A.
Simplilearn Class Action Settlement - $3,000,000
Simplilearn Americas, Inc. has agreed to pay $3,000,000 into a settlement fund to end the case. The fund is non-reversionary, which means none of it goes back to Simplilearn, however many people claim. It covers everyone who visited or used the Simplilearn website, its iPhone or Android app, or a Simplilearn learning portal while in the United States from February 26, 2023, through September 16, 2026. You count even if you never made an account, paid, logged in or watched a video.
Several costs come out of the fund before class members are paid. Class counsel may ask the court for up to 40% of it, $1,200,000, in attorneys' fees, plus their expenses, and must file that request by November 30, 2026. Albert Beninati and Justin Korn may each ask for a service award of up to $2,500 for bringing the case. The cost of notifying the class and processing claims is also paid from the fund. Money from checks nobody cashes is shared again among claimants who cashed theirs, if each would get at least $5, and otherwise goes to a nonprofit the court approves.
Staying in the settlement means giving up the right to sue Simplilearn over how it collected or shared information through its website and app. The release is broader than the video privacy claim: it covers tracking pixels, cookies, software development kits and similar analytics and advertising tools, including Amplitude and WebEngage, for conduct up to September 16, 2026. File with Chimo by December 11, 2026. The deadline to opt out or object is December 15, 2026, and the court expects to hold the final approval hearing in January 2027.
Deadline for filing a claim: December 11, 2026
Simplilearn Video Privacy Class Action Payout: $14 - $120 (estimate)
Every approved claim gets the same amount. What is left of the $3,000,000 after attorneys' fees, expenses, service awards and administration costs is divided equally among everyone with an approved claim, which the notice calls a pro rata share. How much or how often you used Simplilearn makes no difference, and each person can file one claim.
The documents set the arithmetic but not the headcount. If the court grants the largest requests the agreement allows, $1,200,000 in fees and $5,000 in service awards, about $1,795,000 is left before expenses and administration costs, which have not been filed yet. The settlement does not say how many people are in the class, so we estimated from similar video privacy settlements, where between about 13,000 and 105,000 people filed valid claims. That puts each share at about $14 to $120. A share would be closer to $120 if claims come in at the level seen in most of those cases, and lower if many more people file. More claims mean smaller shares.
The claim form offers three ways to be paid: a check, Venmo or PayPal. A check is the default if no choice is made, and checks expire 180 days after they are issued. Payments are sent within 60 days after the settlement takes effect, which comes after the court grants final approval and any appeals are resolved. Questions about a payment go to the settlement administrator at 1-888-808-2849.
Simplilearn Video Privacy Class Action Eligibility
You are in the class if you accessed or used the Simplilearn Platform while you were in the United States between February 26, 2023, and September 16, 2026. The settlement defines the platform as the Simplilearn website, including its dashboards, the Simplilearn iPhone and Android apps, and any Simplilearn learning portal. Visiting, browsing or viewing any part of it counts. You do not need to have made an account, subscribed, bought a course, logged in or watched a video.
Some people are left out: Simplilearn, its parent and affiliated companies and their current or former officers, directors, agents, attorneys and employees; the judge on the case and the judge's family; and anyone who asks to be excluded by December 15, 2026. If you opt out, you cannot also file a claim.
The claim form is short. It asks for your name, mailing address and email address, and how you want to be paid: by check, by Venmo with your username, or by PayPal with the account's email address. There are no receipts or account records to send. You sign it under penalty of perjury, a legal promise that you used the Simplilearn Platform in the United States during the class period. The administrator may audit claims, and any claim that is incomplete, late or false can be rejected, though a rejected claimant gets 21 days to fix a problem. Only claim if it is true.
Simplilearn Video Privacy Class Action Claim Form
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FAQ
Anyone who accessed or used the Simplilearn website, its iPhone or Android app, or a Simplilearn learning portal while in the United States between February 26, 2023, and September 16, 2026. Simplilearn insiders, the judge and the judge's family are excluded.
No. The settlement says visiting, browsing or viewing any part of the Simplilearn Platform counts, whether or not you made an account, subscribed, bought anything, logged in or watched a video.
No. The claim form asks for no receipts, screenshots or account records. You sign it under penalty of perjury, and the administrator may audit claims and ask for more information, so only claim if it is true.
Each approved claim gets an equal share of the $3 million fund after fees, expenses and costs. Based on similar video privacy settlements, we estimate about $14 to $120 per claim, depending on how many valid claims are filed.
The claim form lets you choose a check, Venmo or PayPal. Venmo needs your Venmo username and PayPal needs the email address on your PayPal account. If you do not choose, you are paid by check.
According to the complaint, the app sent Amplitude and WebEngage users' email addresses, precise locations, device identifiers, zip codes and the titles and IDs of the courses they opened. Simplilearn denies the claims.
A 1988 federal law that bars a business providing videos from disclosing which videos a named customer requested or watched without consent. It was passed after a video store released Robert Bork's rental history.
Class counsel may ask for up to 40% of the $3 million fund, which is $1,200,000, plus their expenses. The two plaintiffs may ask for up to $2,500 each. The court decides the amounts at the final approval hearing.
You give up the right to sue Simplilearn over how it collected or shared your information through its website and app up to September 16, 2026, including through pixels, cookies and analytics tools, not only the video claim.
Within 60 days after the settlement takes effect. That comes after the final approval hearing, which the court expects to hold in January 2027, and after any appeals end, which can take months longer.