Last updated October 26, 2026
Privacy notice
The short version: we don't store your searches, Google Analytics counts visits and the words people search for unless you choose "Essential only", Google advertising cookies are used only if you choose "Accept all", and if you subscribe we keep just your email address, encrypted, until you unsubscribe.
Who runs this site
Passive Action is run by the operator of Passive Action, the "controller" of the personal data described here. For any privacy question or request, email help@passiveaction.org.
We are an independent directory of class action settlements. We are not a law firm, and we are not affiliated with any court, settlement administrator or law firm.
What we collect, and why
| What | Why | Legal basis | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your searches | To show settlements and cases that match, and to see which words people search for, so we know what to add | None needed for the search itself; our legitimate interest in understanding how the site is used, for the statistics | Not kept by us beyond the web server logs listed below. The words you searched for are counted in our Google Analytics statistics, unless you choose "Essential only"; anything that looks like an email address, a phone number or a long number is blanked out first. See Cookies. |
| Your email address, only if you subscribe | To send the settlement updates you asked for | Your consent | Until you unsubscribe. Stored encrypted. |
| Analytics cookies, unless you choose "Essential only" | To count visits and see which pages people find useful | Our legitimate interest in understanding how the site is used. You can opt out at any time. | Until you opt out, and at most 2 years |
| Advertising cookies, only if you choose "Accept all" | To show and measure ads that keep the site free, including personalized ads and remarketing | Your consent | Until you withdraw consent, and at most 13 months |
| Basic signals sent to Google without cookies, for any cookies you haven't allowed | Google consent mode: counts page views in aggregate and serves non-personalized ads | Our legitimate interest in running a free, ad-supported site | Under Google's retention policies |
| Your cookie choice | To remember what you chose in the cookie banner | Needed to run the site | 6 months |
| The settlements you star, only if you star one | To show your favorites first. Only their ID numbers are kept, in a cookie in your browser | Needed for the feature you asked for | 1 year, or until you unstar them all |
| A scrambled, one-way code made from your IP address, when you sign up or send us a message | To stop automated mass signups | Our legitimate interest in preventing abuse | Deleted automatically after 24 hours |
| What you write in the contact and suggestion box, only if you send a message | To read your message, answer it if you include an address, and improve the site | Our legitimate interest in hearing from the people who use the site | Emailed to us, and kept encrypted on our server for up to a year, then deleted. See Contact and suggestion box. |
| A scrambled, one-way code made from your IP address, when you use "Analyze online news & media" | To limit how often the analysis can be requested | Our legitimate interest in preventing abuse | Deleted automatically after 24 hours |
| Standard web server logs (IP address, page requested, time) | To keep the site secure and working | Our legitimate interest in security | A limited period, then deleted |
We never ask for your name, address, phone number, or anything about your claim, and we never file anything for you.
Online news analysis
Each settlement has an "Analyze online news & media" button. When you use it, we send that settlement's public details (its title, description and official website link, and nothing about you) to Anthropic's Claude API in the United States, which searches the web and writes a short summary. Summaries are kept for about a day and shown to anyone who asks about the same settlement. They are generated automatically, can be wrong or out of date, and are not legal advice.
Email updates
If you subscribe on a settlement's page, we email you about that settlement, such as deadline changes and payment news. If you also tick "new settlements", we tell you when new ones open. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe link. Unsubscribing deletes your email address from our records, and we ask our email provider to delete it too.
To send these emails, your address is passed to the customer relationship and email service we use. That service acts only on our instructions.
Contact and suggestion box
The box on the contact page asks for nothing but your message: no name, no email address. We don't record your IP address with it. The message is emailed to the person who runs the site and kept, encrypted, on our server for up to a year in case that email goes astray, then deleted. If you want a reply, write your email address in the message; we use it only to answer you.
Pages with the box set a security cookie, pa_csrf. It holds a random value and nothing about you, and lets us check that a message really was sent from this site and not forged by another one. While you type, your browser keeps a draft in this tab's session storage (pa_contact_draft) so a failed send doesn't lose it; that never leaves your device until you press Send, and it is cleared when the message goes through or you close the tab.
Cookies
Every page loads Google Tag Manager in Google's consent mode. Google Analytics cookies are on by default so we can count visits; choosing "Essential only" switches them off. Along with the pages viewed, the statistics include the words people type into the site's search boxes, so we can see what visitors look for and don't find; anything that looks like an email address, a phone number or a long number is blanked out before it is sent, and nothing about your searches is sent if you choose "Essential only". Advertising cookies stay off until you choose "Accept all". Then Google advertising (Google AdSense, and Google Ads remarketing) can use cookies to show, personalize and measure ads. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we keep advertising cookies off. Google may process this data outside your country, including in the United States. Google explains how it uses this data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| sf_consent | Us | Remembers your cookie choice | 6 months |
| pa_csrf | Us, on pages with the contact box | Security: proves a message was sent from this site and not forged by another. A random value, nothing about you. Never shared. | 30 days |
| pa_contact_draft (session storage, not a cookie) | Us, in your browser only | Keeps a message you are typing so it isn't lost if sending fails. Sent to us only when you press Send. | Until it is sent or you close the tab |
| pa_favs | Us, only when you star a settlement | Remembers the settlements you starred (their ID numbers only) so they show first. It is never shared. | 1 year |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics, unless you choose "Essential only" | Tells one visit from another | Up to 2 years |
| __gads, __gpi, __eoi | Google AdSense, only after "Accept all" | Shows ads, limits how often you see the same one, measures them | Up to 13 months |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads, only after "Accept all" | Remarketing and measuring ad conversions | 90 days |
| IDE, test_cookie (on doubleclick.net) | Google advertising, only after "Accept all" | Personalized ads across sites | Up to 13 months |
You can change your mind at any time with . Choosing "Essential only" switches Google cookies off and deletes the ones set on this site.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct, export or delete the personal data we hold about you, object to how we use it, or withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing consent doesn't affect anything we did before. Email help@passiveaction.org and we'll reply within one month.
If you are in Canada, PIPEDA (the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) and your province's privacy law give you these rights, and you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. We don't sell your personal information. If you choose "Accept all", Google's advertising cookies may be used for personalized ads and remarketing; to stop that at any time, use and choose "Essential only".
Where the settlement information comes from
Everything shown about a settlement is public. We compile it from official settlement websites, public registries and public listing sites, and we refresh it automatically. The listing sites we read:
Details can change or be wrong at the source, so always confirm eligibility and deadlines on the official settlement website.
Changes to this notice
If we change how we handle personal data, we'll update this page and the date at the top. If a change affects what you agreed to when subscribing, we'll ask you again.