Google, Flo Health and the analytics company Flurry have agreed to pay a combined $59.5 million to settle a class action over data that the Flo period-tracking app allegedly shared without users’ consent. Google’s share is $48 million, Flo’s is $8 million and Flurry’s is $3.5 million. People who used the app between November 1, 2016 and February 28, 2019 and typed in menstruation or pregnancy information can file a claim until October 15, 2026. A federal judge in the Northern District of California is set to decide on October 29 whether to give the deal final approval.
Who counts as a class member
The settlement class covers people who used the Flo app in the United States between November 1, 2016 and February 28, 2019, and who entered menstruation or pregnancy information into it during that time. The case is Frasco v. Flo Health, No. 3:21-cv-00757-JD, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and Judge James Donato presides. The deadline to opt out of the class has already passed. Anyone who did not opt out is bound by the settlement and gave up the right to sue the three companies over these claims.
A smaller group inside the class, the California subclass, gets a bigger payment. Members must have used the app in California during the class period, entered the same kind of health information and lived in California at the time. The court-approved long-form notice says authorized claimants who provide reasonable documentation of California residency receive twice the pro rata share. Pro rata means each approved claimant gets an equal slice of what is left in the fund after costs, with the California slice counted double.
The notice does not say how much a claimant will get. It says the administrator does not know precisely, because the payout depends on how many valid claims arrive, how much the court allows for lawyers and costs, and how many claimants qualify for the California double share. Anyone who used Flo in those years and logged a period or a pregnancy has until October 15 to file, and California residents who want the larger share should have proof of residency ready when they file.
For anyone deciding whether the Flo notice applies to them and how to file before October 15, The Settlement & Refund Recovery System is a paid guide that includes the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice and a step-by-step filing walkthrough. It is optional help that sits next to the free claim site.
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What the lawsuit says about the app
The plaintiffs say Flo built software code from Flurry, Meta and Google into its app, and that the code passed along information about users’ menstruation and pregnancy. Class counsel at Labaton Keller Sucharow describe the claim as Flo allowing Facebook, Google and others to eavesdrop on users’ confidential, in-app health communications without their consent. The code in question is a software development kit, a bundle of outside code that app makers add for features such as analytics and advertising.
Flo, Google and Flurry all deny the allegations. The notice says each company denies breaking any law, denies that personal or health information was shared and denies doing anything wrong. The settlement resolves the case without a ruling on those claims, which means the $59.5 million is a negotiated payment, not a finding by the court that any of the three companies violated a privacy law.
Meta, the other company named in the case, is not part of these settlements. The case went to trial against Meta, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs on August 1, 2025, according to the notice. Class counsel’s case page says the jury found Meta liable for its role in the unauthorized collection and commercial use of highly personal health data. Flo settled on July 31, 2025, during the trial, which began on July 21, 2025, and the nationwide class had been certified on May 19, 2025.
Fees, deadlines and the October 29 hearing
The $59.5 million is not all headed to claimants. Class counsel will ask the judge for fees of no more than 32.5 percent of the fund, plus up to $3.6 million for litigation expenses and $155,000 in service awards for the people who brought the case. The three firms serving as class counsel are Lowey Dannenberg, Labaton Keller Sucharow and Spector Roseman & Kodroff, and the lawyers named in the notice are Christian Levis, Carol Villegas and Diana Zinser. The court has to approve each request.
The calendar is short. The deadline to object to the settlement is October 8, 2026, and the claim deadline is October 15, 2026. Online claims are due by 11:59 p.m. Pacific time that day, and mailed claims must be postmarked by then. The final approval hearing follows on October 29, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time. Judge Donato can approve the deal, change it or reject it at that hearing.
Payment will not follow quickly. The notice says money goes out only after the court approves the settlement, any appeals end and the claims process finishes, a wait that could run a year or more. If the administrator finds a claim incomplete, it can ask for clarification, and the notice describes a 20-day period to fix the problem.
Filing the Flo claim before October 15
The free route is the official settlement website, which is run by the settlement administrator, A.B. Data, and where the claim form can be submitted online. A paper form can be mailed to the administrator at P.O. Box 173126, Milwaukee, WI 53217, postmarked by October 15. Class counsel’s page lists a questions line at 1-888-219-6877 and the administrator’s email, info@PeriodTrackerDataPrivacyLitigation.com, for people who cannot tell whether they fit the class.
The form asks about the Flo app account, so the email address used to sign up is the first thing to find. Anyone who no longer remembers it can search old inboxes for a welcome message from the app. California residents who want the double share should set aside the kind of document that shows they lived in the state in those years, since the notice calls for reasonable documentation without listing the accepted types.
The deadline is a hard edge, and the hearing is not a second chance. Once the court rules on October 29, the claim window will have closed two weeks earlier, and a person who never filed has no share to be paid when the money eventually goes out. The size of the check will not be known until the administrator counts valid claims, and filing is the only way to be counted in the fund of $59.5 million.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System is a paid companion to the free claim site, built for keeping a filing in order. It includes a claim log and payment tracker for following the Flo claim through the hearing and the long wait for payment, and the scam-proof rules for checking any message that claims to be about a settlement.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by The Money Overview’s editorial team.
