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The Philadelphia Inquirer Class Action Settlement
This settlement covered people who had a digital subscription to The Philadelphia Inquirer at any time between October 1, 2019 and January 16, 2024 and used Facebook during that period. Claims could be filed without proof, with an estimated payment of $5. The deadline was October 27, 2024, and claims are now closed.
- Payout up to $5
- Payment Subject to pro rata adjustment
- Deadline October 27, 2024
- Proof required No
- Category Consumer products
- Administrator The Philadelphia Inquirer Video Privacy Settlement, Attn: Claim Form Submissions
- Updated September 5, 2026
What this settlement covers
Had a digital subscription with the The Philadelphia Inquirer at any time from Oct 1, 2019 to Jan 16, 2024, and used Facebook during that time
How payment works
The $5 was an estimate rather than a fixed amount, since payments were divided among the valid claims filed against the fund.
Filing this claim
The claim deadline passed on October 27, 2024, so the settlement administrator is no longer accepting claim forms. If you filed before the deadline, payment timing is set by the administrator, not by Sparrow.
Read the official settlement notice for the full terms and the administrator’s contact details.
The administrator was:
The Philadelphia Inquirer Video Privacy Settlement, Attn: Claim Form Submissions1650 Arch Street
Suite 2210
Philadelphia, PA 19103
The Philadelphia Inquirer Class Action Settlement FAQs
Common questions about this class action settlement.
Who was covered?
People who held a digital subscription to The Philadelphia Inquirer at any time from October 1, 2019 to January 16, 2024 and also used Facebook during that period. Both parts mattered: the claim depended on subscriber activity being matched to a Facebook account.
Why did Facebook use matter?
Cases of this kind concern tracking code that reports what a subscriber viewed back to an advertising platform, using an identifier the platform can match to a person. Without an account on that platform there is no identifier to match, which is why the class definition required both.
Was proof required?
No. Claims could be filed without documentation of the subscription.
Can I still file a claim?
No. The deadline was October 27, 2024 and it has passed. This page remains as a record of what the settlement covered, and the official long form notice is still available online.
