Fairchild Medical Center Pixel Tracking Settlement — $25 Cash for California Patients

Pixel Tracking · Claims Open

Current Status

Claims are open and close on November 2, 2026 — an online claim must be submitted by that date, and a mailed paper form must be postmarked by the same date. The notice does not specify a cutoff time or timezone for online filing. The separate deadline to opt out of the class or to file an objection was September 28, 2026, and the final approval hearing was scheduled for October 15, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time in the Superior Court of California, County of Siskiyou. What changed recently: as of October 20, 2026, the official settlement website had not posted a final approval order or any other ruling, and its Important Dates page still listed the October 15, 2026 hearing. No payment date has been announced, so a claim filed now joins a queue rather than triggering a payment.

What Changed Recently?

The settlement website and claim portal are live, and the notice program has run — enrollment codes for the privacy service were mailed to class members by postcard, and the notice carries the LoginID and PIN that open the online claim form. That is what moved this case from litigation into a claim window.

The underlying case was filed in July 2024 and alleged that Fairchild Medical Center let third-party tracking technologies, including the Meta Pixel, collect information from visitors to its web pages. The complaint pleaded negligence, breach of implied contract, invasion of privacy under the California Constitution, and violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, the Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act and the Unfair Competition Law. The hospital demurred; the court overruled the demurrer as to all counts in April 2025, and the parties settled after negotiations that ran from November 2025 into February 2026.

Fairchild Medical Center denies any wrongdoing and says it would have prevailed at summary judgment or trial. The settlement agreement states expressly that it is a compromise and is not evidence of liability or of any admission by the hospital. The court has not decided who is right.

Who Qualifies?

The court has defined the class as all California citizens whose private information was disclosed by Fairchild Medical Center to third parties through the Meta Pixel and related technologies without authorization — a group the notice puts at approximately 1,000 individuals. This is a closed list built from the hospital's own records, not an open eligibility test: the settlement administrator was given a class list, and the notice went to the people on it.

Excluded are the judge assigned to the case along with the judge's family and staff; Fairchild Medical Center and its officers, directors and related companies; anyone who validly excludes themselves; the legal representatives, successors or assigns of any excluded person; and the attorneys for the parties.

How Much Can You Get?

There are two benefits, and they are independent of each other.

Cash. A one-time payment the notice describes as expected to be $25.00, claimed on the claim form. This is not a common fund being divided: the settlement agreement obligates Fairchild Medical Center to pay an amount equal to $25.00 multiplied by the number of approved claims, within 20 days after the settlement becomes effective, so the per-person figure is not reduced by how many people file. An earlier draft of the claim form carried language about the payment being larger or smaller depending on total claims; the final notice and the live settlement website both state the flat expected figure. Claimants can elect payment by PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, virtual prepaid card or physical check, and check is the default if no method is chosen. A cash check that is not cashed within 120 days of issuance is forfeited.