Real or fake? Did anyone else get this settlement email?
I don’t even live in Illinois or have kids. So I don’t know why I got it. Did anyone else?
NOTICE OF PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Q.J. v. PowerSchool Holdings LLC, et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-05689
(United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois)
Our Records Indicate that, while a Student, a Minor for Whom You Have or Had Legal Responsibility Logged into Naviance and May Be Entitled to a Payment from a Class Action Settlement.
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A Court authorized this Notice. You are not being sued. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
This Notice is to inform you that a settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against PowerSchool Holdings LLC (“PowerSchool Holdings”); Hobsons, Inc. (“Hobsons”); Heap Inc. (“Heap”); and the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (“CPS”) (collectively, the “Defendants”). The class action lawsuit seeks to recover against the Defendants for their alleged roles in the alleged non-consensual interception of students’ confidential and sensitive communications while using education technology products offered by Hobsons and, later, PowerSchool Holdings, including a product commonly referred to as Naviance (the “Naviance Platform”). The class action lawsuit alleges violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2511(a); the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”), Cal. Penal Code §§ 631-632; the Illinois Eavesdropping Act (“IEA”), 720 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/14-1, et seq.; the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2702(a)(1); the Illinois School Student Records Act (“ISSRA”), 5 Ill. Comp. Stat. 10/1, et seq.; and common law. The Defendants deny that they violated any law but have agreed to the settlement to avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with continuing the case.