NBA Top Shot Privacy Settlement: $7.05M

Consumers who maintained both an active Facebook account and an NBA Top Shot account at any point between June 15, 2020 and Jan. 30, 2025.

No documentation is required, but class members must submit a claim form to receive payment.

NBA Properties and blockchain company Dapper Labs have agreed to pay $7.05 million to settle allegations that they secretly shared user data from the NBA Top Shot platform with Facebook.

The lawsuit claimed this data sharing violated federal and state privacy laws designed to protect consumers' viewing habits.

NBA Top Shot launched in 2020 as a digital marketplace where basketball fans can buy, sell and trade video highlights from NBA games. The platform gained significant popularity during the pandemic, attracting hundreds of thousands of users who spent millions collecting these digital "moments."

The lawsuit centered on the Meta Tracking Pixel, a piece of code embedded in the NBA Top Shot website that transmitted user activity data back to Facebook.

Plaintiffs alleged that when users browsed or purchased video highlights, information about their viewing choices was sent to Meta without their knowledge or permission.

According to the complaint, this practice ran afoul of the Video Privacy Protection Act, a federal law originally passed in 1988 to prevent video rental stores from disclosing customer viewing histories.

Courts have since applied the law to digital video platforms as well. The plaintiffs also raised claims under California's privacy statutes.

NBA Properties and Dapper Labs have denied any wrongdoing but chose to settle rather than continue the litigation. As part of the agreement, the companies have also committed to disabling the Meta Tracking Pixel on the NBA Top Shot website going forward.

How to Claim Your Payment

Unlike some settlements that distribute payments automatically, this one requires class members to take action. You'll need to submit a claim form to receive your share of the fund.

The settlement administrator estimates that each claimant will receive somewhere between $36 and $122. The exact amount will depend on how many people file valid claims—fewer claims means larger individual payments, and vice versa.

To qualify, you simply need to have had accounts on both Facebook and NBA Top Shot during the eligible period. There's no need to prove that your data was actually shared or that you suffered any specific harm.

The deadline to submit a claim is Dec. 16, 2025. The court will hold a final approval hearing on Dec. 19, 2025.