Colombo v. YouTube, LLC and Google LLC
YOUTUBE USERS IN ILLINOIS MAY BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENT FROM A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT IF THEY UPLOADED A VIDEO TO YOUTUBE ON WHICH FACE BLUR WAS RUN.
A federal court has authorized the Notice. You are not being sued.
This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
YouTube, LLC and Google LLC (collectively, “YouTube” or “Defendants”) have settled a class action that claimed Defendants collected and stored biometric data without the proper notice and consent in violation of Illinois law as part of its Face Blur feature. Defendants have denied those allegations and that they violated any law, and have further argued that Face Blur is a privacy protective feature. The Court has not decided who is right or wrong.
You are a Settlement Class Member and included in the Settlement if you are or were a YouTube user residing in Illinois and you uploaded a video to YouTube on which Face Blur was run.
Settlement Class Members who file valid claims will be eligible to receive a pro rata share from a $6,022,500 Settlement Fund. Each share is currently estimated to be approximately $200 per person, but could be more or less depending on the number of valid claims and deductions from the fund for Court-approved costs of notifying people about the Settlement, the lawyers’ fees, an award to the person who helped bring the lawsuit, and certain taxes.
The Court in charge of this case has not yet decided if the Settlement is fair. Payments will be made only if the Court decides the Settlement is fair and approves the Settlement.
If you are a Settlement Class Member, your legal rights are affected whether you act or do not act. Read the Notice carefully. Your rights and options – and the Court-ordered deadlines to exercise them – are explained in the Notice.
SUMMARY OF YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT
SUBMIT A CLAIM
The only way to receive a payment from this Settlement is by submitting a timely and properly completed Claim Form that obtains approval from the Settlement Administrator. The Claim Form must be submitted no later than November 30, 2025. You can submit your Claim Form online here or by mail to the Settlement Administrator. By submitting a Claim Form, you will give up certain rights to sue Defendants.
OPT OUT OF THE SETTELEMENT
You can choose to opt out of the Settlement and receive no payment. This option allows you to sue, continue to sue, or be part of another lawsuit against Defendants related to the legal claims resolved by this Settlement.
OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT AND/OR ATTEND A HEARING
If you do not exclude yourself from the Settlement, you may object to it by writing to the Court about why you don’t like the Settlement. If you object, you may also file a claim for a payment. You may object to the Settlement and ask the Court for permission to speak at the Final Approval Hearing about your objection, but you do not need to attend the Final Approval Hearing for your objection to be considered.
DO NOTHING
Unless you exclude yourself, you are automatically part of the Settlement. If you do nothing, you will not get a payment from this Settlement, and you will give up the right to sue, continue to sue, or be part of another lawsuit against Defendants related to the legal claims resolved by this Settlement.