Zumba Class Action Settlement: $229.33+ per Share, No Claim Form
- Fund
- $2,700,000.00
- Opt-out and objection deadline
- Dec 14, 2026
By Settlement Insight Data Desk · Reviewed by Leonard GoldbergPublished
Zumba Class Action Settlement: At Least $229.33 per Share for 4,543 Zumba Basic 1 Course Buyers — Paid Automatically, With No Claim Form, but Not Before the January 21, 2027 Approval Hearing
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The short answer: a $2.7 million privacy settlement, and you do not have to file anything
USA Today reported on October 20, 2026 that a Zumba settlement would pay users “at least $229 each.” The official settlement documents back that up, with one important qualifier: the money depends on a judge’s final approval, and the hearing for that is January 21, 2027. As of October 21, 2026, nothing has been paid.
The case is Kueppers et al. v. Zumba Fitness, LLC in federal court in Fort Lauderdale. The two named plaintiffs allege that Zumba used “third-party digital tracking technologies, commonly called ‘tracking pixels’” on Zumba.com, and that buyers’ first and last names on order confirmation pages ended up with Meta Platforms, Pinterest and MNTN. They say that breaks the federal Video Privacy Protection Act. The settlement website states: “Zumba denies that it did anything wrong, and the Court has not decided who is right.”
The case was filed on October 23, 2024, according to the docket. The court certified a class and three subclasses on August 20, 2026, and the parties settled after that. Zumba agreed to put $2,700,000.00 into an “all-cash, non-reversionary” fund, meaning no money goes back to the company. Judge Dimitrouleas granted preliminary approval on September 15, 2026 and ordered the administrator, Simpluris, to send notices by email and postal mail by October 15, 2026. The FAQ says plainly: “No, you do not need to submit a claim to receive a Settlement Payment.”
Who gets what: one share per advertiser that allegedly saw your name
Only a narrow group is covered. The class is “All natural persons in the United States who purchased the ZB1 OD Version from the Website,” meaning the on-demand, online version of the Zumba Basic 1 instructor training course, and whose names appeared on order confirmation pages held by one of the three advertisers “between October 22, 2022, and October 22, 2024.” The site puts the count at 4,543 people. Zumba’s own and third-party records identified them, so a gym-goer who only took Zumba classes, or someone who bought a different course or a workout video, is not in this class.
The payment is calculated per subclass. Each class member is in the Meta subclass (1,576 people), the Pinterest subclass (3,061), the MNTN subclass (2,665), or several of them, and each subclass counts as one share. That adds up to 7,302 shares. The settlement agreement breaks it down: 1,917 people hold one share, 2,493 hold two and 133 hold three. The FAQ says each share “will be at least $229.33.” By our arithmetic, that means at least $458.66 for two shares and $687.99 for three. The notice you received states your exact amount.
You may also see $228.78. That figure is in the settlement agreement and the draft postcard, and it assumes the administrator spends its full $32,095.00 cap. The $229.33 figure uses its estimate of $28,095.00. Both figures also assume the court awards the fees class counsel plans to request: one-third of the fund, $900,000.00, plus $97,350.81 in costs. Our check: $2.7 million minus those amounts leaves $1,674,554.19, which divided by 7,302 is $229.33. Shares grow if people opt out, costs come in lower or the judge cuts the fees.
When the money arrives depends on the judge. The FAQ says payments “will be distributed within 60 days of the Court granting final approval of the Settlement if no appeals are filed.” If the judge approves on January 21, 2027 and nobody appeals, 60 days points to about March 22, 2027, by our count. A later ruling, an objection followed by an appeal, or an appeal would push it back; the settlement agreement counts the 60 days from the “Effective Date,” which can fall after the approval order. Payment is by check to the address the postcard went to, unless you choose electronic payment. Checks become void if not cashed within 180 days, while electronic payments “shall never expire.” Leftover money from uncashed checks goes out in a second distribution to members who cashed their checks or were paid electronically. Whatever cannot be distributed goes to the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
What to do, and the deadlines
To get paid, do nothing. The website lists “No deadline” for class members who stay in. Two things are still worth doing:
- Check your address or switch to electronic payment by January 24, 2027. The official site has an Address Update/Payment Selection form, which you log into with the details on your notice. Its page says: “The deadline to submit your Address Update/Payment Selection is January 24, 2027.” An electronic payment never expires, while a paper check does.
- No notice but think you qualify? Contact the administrator to confirm your status and amount: info@ZumbaVPPASettlement.com, toll-free (866) 382-0528, or Zumba VPPA Settlement, c/o Settlement Administrator, P.O. Box 25226, Santa Ana, CA 92799-9958.
To opt out and keep your right to sue Zumba yourself, mail a signed request to the administrator’s P.O. Box 25226 address, marked “ATTN: Exclusion Request.” It must include the case name, your name, mailing address and email address, and a clear statement that you want to be excluded. It must be sent by first-class mail and postmarked by December 14, 2026. If you opt out, you get no payment. To object, you have the same December 14, 2026 deadline. You can file on the court docket, or mail your objection to both the administrator (“ATTN: Objections”) and the Clerk of Court at 299 East Broward Boulevard #108, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301.
The court has also set deadlines for the lawyers. Class counsel’s fee motion is due by November 23, 2026, and the administrator has to post it on the website within one day. The motion for final approval is due by January 7, 2027. The hearing is on January 21, 2027 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern in Courtroom 205B of the U.S. Courthouse at 299 E. Broward Boulevard. You do not have to attend, and the FAQ warns that the date “may change without further notice.”
Is the Zumba settlement email real?
Probably, if it matches these details. The court ordered notices to go out “by e-mail and postal mail” by October 15, 2026, so an email or postcard from around that time is expected. Check these points:
- The only website named in the court papers is ZumbaVPPASettlement.com. The administrator is Simpluris, Inc., appointed by the court, and its mailing address is P.O. Box 25226 in Santa Ana, California.
- A real notice tells you your amount and which subclasses you are in. It does not ask for a fee, and it does not ask for a claim form, because none exists.
- A real notice says the check goes to the address on the postcard. Any changes are made through the form on the official site. Nobody legitimate will call to take your bank details.
- Payments cannot come before final approval. A message promising money in October or November 2026 does not match the court’s schedule.
If you are unsure, do not use any link or phone number from the message. Type ZumbaVPPASettlement.com into your browser yourself, or call (866) 382-0528, the number on the official notice. Class counsel are Frank S. Hedin and Tyler K. Somes of Hedin LLP in Miami, and their contact details are in FAQ 11 on the official site.
How this fits: the $2,500 VPPA figure, who Zumba Fitness is, and what this case is not
The second amended complaint, filed on November 26, 2025, asked for the VPPA’s “statutorily set sum of $2,500” for each class member. A share of at least $229.33 is about 9 percent of that figure, by our arithmetic. The money goes automatically to a small group identified from Zumba’s records and certain third-party records, not to whoever files a claim.
Who owns Zumba Fitness LLC? The court papers describe the defendant as “a Florida limited liability company” with its principal place of business in Hallandale, Florida. They do not say who owns it, and we have not confirmed ownership from any other source.
What the case is not about. This case does not deal with what Zumba instructors earn per class, with injuries in Zumba classes, or with Zumba’s music and video licensing rules. It covers only the alleged sharing of buyers’ names with advertisers after they bought one online course, the Zumba Basic 1 training that the complaint quotes Zumba as describing as “10 hours of premium content broken up into 16 modules.” If your question is about instructor pay or an injury, this settlement cannot help you. That would be a matter for an employment or personal-injury lawyer, not the Zumba VPPA settlement administrator.
