BabyCenter Lawsuit: Pregnancy Browsing Tracked After Rejected Cookies?
Two proposed class actions filed in September 2026 claim that BabyCenter.com kept sharing visitors' pregnancy and parenting browsing with advertising companies after they clicked “Do Not Consent” on its cookie banner. The newest, Reimer v. BabyCenter, was filed on September 22, 2026 in federal court in Los Angeles. As of September 25, 2026, there is no settlement, no claim form and no payout.
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What the Lawsuits Claim
- Reimer v. BabyCenter: The complaint is not yet freely available (only through the court's paid PACER system), so this summary relies on ClaimDepot's account of it. Plaintiff Amanda Reimer says she used BabyCenter to read about and log details of her pregnancy and her infant, and that she refused cookies whenever the banner appeared. The suit alleges the site still sent the titles of the articles and videos she viewed, and the details she entered, to outside companies: Google, LiveRamp, Microsoft, Amazon and more than 30 others. It also alleges that within milliseconds of a refusal the site sent Google an event labeled “zdconsent_RejectedAll,” that tracking began before the banner even appeared, and that LiveRamp set its own cookies that can tie pregnancy browsing to a specific person.
- Pasquini v. Ziff Davis: Filed September 4, 2026 by two California residents over BabyCenter.com and WhatToExpect.com. The complaint names Google (DoubleClick and Google Analytics), Microsoft (AppNexus and Clarity), LiveRamp, Amazon, Magnite, Index Exchange, TripleLift, OpenX, Yahoo, Comscore and others as third parties that still received data after visitors clicked “Do Not Consent.” One example it gives: a search for “medication” on BabyCenter was passed to Google's doubleclick.net domain inside the address of the results page.
Case Details
- Reimer v. BabyCenter, LLC, et al., No. 2:26-cv-10783 (C.D. Cal.), filed September 22, 2026. Defendants, according to ClaimDepot: BabyCenter LLC, Everyday Health Inc. and Ziff Davis Inc. (the public docket so far lists BabyCenter, LLC). As of September 25, 2026, no judge is listed on the public Reimer docket.
- Pasquini et al. v. Ziff Davis, Inc. and Everyday Health, Inc., No. 3:26-cv-09649 (N.D. Cal.), filed September 4, 2026, assigned to Judge Thomas S. Hixson (Pasquini docket). The plaintiffs are represented by Gutride Safier LLP and demand a jury trial.
- Who owns the site: The Pasquini complaint says Everyday Health is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ziff Davis and that the defendants own and operate BabyCenter.com and WhatToExpect.com.
Status on September 25, 2026: Just Filed
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Who Could Be Included
- Reimer: a nationwide class of anyone who browsed the site after rejecting some or all cookies, plus a subclass for people who did so in California (as described by ClaimDepot).
- Pasquini: All persons who browsed any of the Websites in the state of California after clicking the “Do Not Consent” button in the Website’s popup cookies consent banner. The websites are BabyCenter.com and WhatToExpect.com.
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BabyCenter Lawsuit Timeline
- 1
September 14, 2022 — Unrelated Accessibility Suit
Dicks v. Everyday Health d/b/a BabyCenter (S.D.N.Y.), an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) discrimination case, is filed. It closed on January 19, 2023 and had nothing to do with tracking.
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September 4, 2026 — Pasquini v. Ziff Davis Filed
Two California residents sue Ziff Davis and Everyday Health in San Francisco federal court over BabyCenter and What to Expect. The case proposes a California-only class.
- 3
September 22, 2026 — Reimer v. BabyCenter Filed
Amanda Reimer sues BabyCenter in Los Angeles federal court; according to ClaimDepot, Everyday Health and Ziff Davis are also defendants and she proposes a nationwide class plus a California subclass.
- 4
September 25, 2026 — No Response Yet
The public dockets show only opening filings. No answer, no motion to dismiss and no judge listed yet in Reimer.
- 5
Next — Responses, Then Motions
The next steps are service, the companies' responses (often a motion to dismiss) and possible coordination of the two cases. Class certification would come later. No dates are set.
Watch Out For
Three recurring confusions on this search:
“File your BabyCenter settlement claim” pages
There is no BabyCenter settlement and no official claim site. Do not pay a fee or send pregnancy, health or ID details to anyone who says they can sign you up.
“$5,000 per person” headlines
$5,000 is the per-violation statutory figure the plaintiffs ask for under California law. No court has awarded it, and class settlements usually pay far less per person.
Mixing it up with the Flo settlement
The Flo Health and Google settlement covers the Flo period-tracking app, not BabyCenter. Using BabyCenter does not put you in that settlement, and a Flo claim does not cover BabyCenter.
BabyCenter Lawsuit — FAQ
Is there a BabyCenter settlement?
No. As of September 25, 2026, both cases were just filed. There is no settlement, no settlement website and no claim deadline.
How much is the BabyCenter lawsuit payout per person?
There is none yet. The plaintiffs ask for statutory damages (California's privacy law sets $5,000 per violation), but that is a demand, not an award. If the cases settle, the amount per person will depend on the fund size and the number of claims.
How do I join the BabyCenter class action?
You do not need to do anything now. If a class is certified or a settlement is reached, people who fit the definition would get notice and, if there is a settlement, a claim form. Hiring a lawyer is optional and not required to be part of a class.
Is there a BabyCenter claim form?
No. Any site asking you to “register” for BabyCenter money now is not an official court process.
Who is being sued?
In Reimer, according to ClaimDepot: BabyCenter LLC, Everyday Health Inc. and Ziff Davis Inc. (the public docket so far lists BabyCenter, LLC). In Pasquini: Ziff Davis Inc. and Everyday Health Inc. Google, Microsoft, LiveRamp and the other ad companies are described as recipients of the data; the Pasquini complaint does not name them as defendants, and ClaimDepot's account of Reimer does not list them as defendants either.
Does it cover the BabyCenter app?
Both complaints, as available to us, describe the BabyCenter website (and, in Pasquini, WhatToExpect.com). We have not seen a claim about the mobile app in either case.
Does What to Expect count too?
In the Pasquini case, yes: its proposed class covers people in California who browsed WhatToExpect.com or BabyCenter.com after clicking “Do Not Consent.” The Reimer case, as described, is about BabyCenter.
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