A Zoom settlement payment notice that arrived in September 2026 is almost certainly not money from the $150 million investor settlement or the $85 million consumer privacy settlement — both of those closed to claims and paid out earlier. The payments now reaching people trace to a third, separate effort under Illinois biometric privacy law that was handled as individual claims, not as a class action. That difference explains why there is no court-approved website to check the notice against.
Status: Payments reported from Illinois biometric privacy claims | All three Zoom matters closed to new claimants | Not a claimable class settlement
Three Zoom Matters at a Glance
| Investor case — $150 million | For buyers of Zoom securities, April 18, 2019 to April 6, 2020. Claims closed September 16, 2025; final approval November 10, 2025; post-distribution accounting filed July 31, 2026. |
| Consumer privacy case — $85 million | For Zoom Meetings users, March 30, 2016 to July 30, 2021. Claims closed March 5, 2022; payment notices went out from May 31, 2023 and could be claimed through September 28, 2023. |
| Illinois biometric privacy claims | Pursued individually, not as a class. The firms that ran sign-ups describe it as closed to new participants. This is the matter linked to the payments arriving now. |
The One Now Paying: Individual BIPA Claims
Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act requires a private company to get written consent before collecting a person’s biometric identifiers, including a scan of face geometry. It lets individuals sue on their own behalf, with statutory damages of $1,000 for a negligent violation and $5,000 for one that is intentional or reckless. Those per-person amounts are what make it worthwhile to bring claims one at a time.
The allegation against Zoom was that users who turned on their camera during a video call had facial geometry collected without the consent Illinois law requires. It was an allegation only. It was never tested at trial, no court found Zoom liable, and resolving a claim is not an admission of wrongdoing.
The structure is what sets it apart. Instead of one lawsuit that automatically covers everyone in a class, Illinois residents were recruited to sign up individually, and their claims were filed and resolved as individual matters. A person receiving a payment notice from this effort would have enrolled at some earlier point; it does not reach people who never signed up.
OpenClassActions.com has chosen not to publish the terms of notices readers shared. Individually resolved claims are typically subject to confidentiality obligations that fall on the recipient, and reprinting the details could put a reader in breach of an agreement they signed.
Why You Cannot Look It Up
The usual advice is to verify any settlement notice against the court-approved settlement website. For this matter there is no such site, and that is expected rather than suspicious.
A class settlement needs a judge’s approval, which produces a public docket, a notice plan and a court-supervised website with a case number, deadlines and claim terms. Individually resolved claims skip all of that: there is no class to notify and no approval to obtain, so nothing is published. Our sister site searched for a public case number and did not find one.
The workable alternative is to go back through the relationship you already have. Anyone who got a genuine notice signed up with a firm at some point, and that firm can confirm whether the notice is theirs — reached through contact details you already hold, not ones printed in the message.
Why the $150 Million Case Is Ruled Out
The securities settlement is the one most often misidentified in posts circulating this month. Zoom agreed to pay $150 million to resolve Drieu v. Zoom Video Communications, Inc., No. 3:20-cv-02353-JD, in the Northern District of California before Judge James Donato, and disclosed the agreement to the SEC. Investors alleged Zoom made false or misleading statements about the security of its service, including that meetings had end-to-end encryption when they did not, and that the share price fell when the truth came out. Zoom settled without admitting liability.
Two facts eliminate it. The class was investors who bought Zoom securities in the class period, not app users. And the timeline is finished: claims closed September 16, 2025, final approval and the plan of allocation were entered November 10, 2025, and the administrator filed a post-distribution accounting on July 31, 2026 — a filing made after the money has gone out. A November 4, 2025 order cut the fee award to just over $10 million against a request of roughly $28 million. Securities payments are calculated pro rata from recognized losses using brokerage records, not delivered as one-click payment emails.
Why the $85 Million Case Is Ruled Out
In re Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Privacy Litigation, No. 3:20-cv-02155, also in the Northern District of California before Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler, resolved claims that Zoom shared user data with third parties, misstated its encryption and failed to prevent uninvited meeting intrusions. Paid subscribers were in line for 15% of their subscription or $25, whichever was larger; other class members for roughly $15.
Its claim deadline was March 5, 2022, and its digital payment notices went out starting May 31, 2023, claimable through September 28, 2023. Those emails were real at the time — and were fact-checked in 2023 because so many people assumed they were phishing. That window closed three years ago.
Screening Any Zoom Payment Message
- Any message inviting you to file a new Zoom claim is not describing either class action, because both are closed.
- A notice tied to the Illinois effort should match an enrollment you actually remember.
- Real administrators do not charge a fee to release a payment, and do not need a Social Security number or bank login entered through an emailed link.
- No genuine payment depends on you agreeing not to report or forward the message.
For the full breakdown of all three matters, see OpenClassActions.com’s Zoom payment report.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which case is my September 2026 Zoom payment notice from?
Most likely neither well-known Zoom class action. The $150 million investor settlement and the $85 million consumer privacy settlement are both closed and were distributed earlier. Notices arriving in September 2026 are associated with separate Illinois biometric privacy claims pursued individually.
Why is there no official website for the Zoom payments arriving now?
The claims were not resolved as a certified class action. Class settlements need court approval, a public docket and a court-approved notice website. Individually resolved claims are handled privately, so there is no public case number or settlement site.
Can I still file a claim in any Zoom matter?
No. The investor settlement closed to claims on September 16, 2025, the consumer privacy settlement on March 5, 2022, and the firms behind the Illinois biometric privacy effort describe it as closed to new participants.
What did the Illinois biometric privacy claims allege?
That Zoom users who turned on their camera during a video call had facial geometry collected without the written consent Illinois law requires. These were allegations only; they were not tested at trial and no court found Zoom liable.
How can I tell a real payment notice from phishing?
Real notices do not charge a fee to release money and do not need a Social Security number or bank login through a link. A genuine notice matches a claim you actually made. Contact the firm or administrator you enrolled with using contact details you already have.
Sources
- Zoom Video Communications, Form 8-K — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Docket, Drieu v. Zoom Video Communications, Inc., No. 3:20-cv-02353 (N.D. Cal.) — fee order (Nov. 4, 2025), final approval and plan of allocation (Nov. 10, 2025), post-distribution accounting (July 31, 2026).
- Official investor settlement website — Zoom Securities Settlement (closed).
- Official consumer settlement website — In re Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Privacy Litigation (closed).
- Illinois General Assembly: Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14.
- OpenClassActions.com — Zoom Settlement Payments Are Landing — But Not From the $150 Million Investor Case.
Source and credit: this report builds on our sister site’s coverage — OpenClassActions.com: Zoom Settlement Payments Are Landing — But Not From the $150 Million Investor Case — which follows the case and is updated as new filings, orders and payment news come in.
Legal Disclaimer
This article is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. OpenClassActions.org is a consumer news site, not a law firm, and is not affiliated with any party to the matters described. Allegations are allegations until a court rules on them, and court schedules and outcomes can change.