Kong Technologies IOS Privacy Class Action Settlement
Class Eligibility
The Court has decided that everyone in the United States who fits one or more of the following descriptions is a Class Member for purposes of the proposed Settlement:
who received from Apple’s App Store a copy of versions 2.5 through 3.1 of the iOS mobile application entitled Foodspotting, and activated via such app on their Apple iDevice the “Find iPhone Contacts” feature of the Foodspotting mobile application between August 9, 2011 and February 19, 2012;
who received from Apple’s App Store one or more of versions 1.1 through 4.2 of the iOS mobile application entitled Foursquare, and did one or both of the following between April 4, 2009 and February 14, 2012: (1) for versions 1.1 through 4.2, activated via such app on their Apple iDevice (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) the “Add Friends” feature of the Foursquare mobile application or (2) for versions 3.1 through 4.2, registered via their iDevice as a Foursquare user through the Foursquare mobile application;
who received from Apple’s App Store one or more of versions 1.5.0 through 4.1 of the iOS mobile application entitled Gowalla, and did one or both of the following within the Gowalla mobile application between February 23, 2010 and February 23, 2012: (1) selected a checkbox stating “Automatically connect with friends from my address book” and then depressed a “Let’s Get Started” button; (2) depressed a “Find Friends” button and then depressed an “Address Book” button;
who (i) owned an Apple iDevice on which he or she registered an account for any of the versions 1.0.0 through 2.0.7 of the Instagram App obtained from Apple’s App Store; (ii) utilized the Find Friends feature of the Instagram App between October 6, 2010 and February 10, 2012; and (iii) resided within the United States at the time he or she registered an Instagram account and used the Find Friends Feature;
who (i) owned an Apple iDevice on which he or she downloaded from Apple’s App Store, installed, and registered an account on the Kik App; (ii) installed version 5.4.0 of the Kik App; (iii) after installing version 5.4.0, utilized the Suggested Friends feature of the Kik App between December 22, 2011 and February 11, 2012; (iv) as a result of such use of the Suggested Friends Feature, had contacts data uploaded to Kik’s servers in non-hashed format; and (v) resided within the United States at the time he or she registered a Kik account and used the Suggested Friends Feature;
who received from Apple’s App Store a copy of version 2.0 through 2.0.5 of the iOS mobile application entitled Path, and who were Path registrants and activated via such app on their Apple iDevice the Path mobile application between November 29, 2011 and February 7, 2012;
who received preinstalled on an Apple iDevice and/or from Apple’s App Store a copy of versions 3.3 through 4.0.1 of the iOS mobile application entitled Twitter between March 11, 2011 and February 21, 2012, and activated via such app on their Apple iDevice the “Find Friends” feature of the Twitter mobile application; and/or
who received from Apple’s App Store a copy of versions 4.0.0 through 5.6.0 of the iOS mobile application entitled Yelp, and activated via such app on their Apple iDevice the “Find Friends” feature of the Yelp mobile application between January 16, 2010 and February 22, 2012.
Estimated Amount
Varies
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Claim Form
Case Name
Opperman et al. v. Kong Technologies Inc. et al.Case 3:13-cv-00453-JSTUnited States District Court Northern District of California
Case Summary
This lawsuit involves several coordinated cases brought against several companies that developed apps for Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch), and alleges that certain versions of the Foodspotting, Foursquare, Gowalla, Instagram, Kik, Path, Twitter, and Yelp apps obtained contact data from users’ iOS devices in violation of user’s privacy rights, and that Apple aided and abetted that conduct.
Settlement Pool
$5,300,000.00
Settlement Website
Deadline
11/10/2017
Contact
Opperman et al v. Kong Technologies Claims Administrator
P.O. Box 404000
Louisville, KY 40233-4000
855-202-3398
admin@iosappsettlement.com
