ZoomInfo Privacy Class Action Gets Early Nod for $30 Million Deal

Residents from four states who brought a proposed class action against ZoomInfo Technologies LLC, claiming the directory information website used their personal information without their consent to advertise its services, have received preliminary approval for a nearly $30 million settlement.

Judge Charles P. Kocoras, of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, granted preliminary approval of the settlement after determining it was fair, reasonable, and resulted from arms-length negotiations.

The proposed class action—brought by residents of California, Illinois, Indiana, and Nevada—asserted that ZoomInfo, a website that provides directory information about people, used their personal identifying information such ...