Published
November 11, 2025
Updated
October 6, 2026
NordVPN has agreed to settle the consolidated auto-renewal class action in New York federal court. The terms are not public yet, and there is no claim form until the court grants preliminary approval.
Allegations and Case Status
The claims described here are allegations. NordVPN and the related defendants have not been found liable, a settlement reached between parties is not an admission of wrongdoing, and no class has been certified. The settlement has not been filed or approved by the court. This page is informational. It is not legal advice.
What Is the Current NordVPN Lawsuit Status?
NordVPN has agreed to settle the auto-renewal class action pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, now captioned Zeichner v. NordVPN S.A. et al., No. 1:25-cv-02571-ER. The settlement covers a consolidated case that combines several earlier suits, including Kandeh v. NordVPN S.A., the New York case that started this docket, and Sasgen v. NordVPN S.A. et al., the Illinois case this page previously tracked. On October 6, 2026, the plaintiffs, with the defendants’ consent, asked Judge Edgardo Ramos for permission to file a longer brief in support of their unopposed motion for preliminary approval, saying the extra pages were needed to describe the settlement’s terms, the payment allocation plan and the notice plan.The settlement terms, including the class definition, the size of any fund and how payments would be calculated, have not been made public as of October 6, 2026. There is no settlement website and no claim form yet. Those details are expected to appear in the preliminary approval motion, and a claim process would open only after the court grants preliminary approval and notice goes out.
Status
Settlement reached — approval motion pending
Unopposed preliminary approval motion expected; terms not yet public
Case
1:25-cv-02571-ER
Southern District of New York · Judge Edgardo Ramos
Can I Claim?
Not yet
No claim form until the court grants preliminary approval
How Did the Case Reach a Settlement?
The New York case was filed on March 28, 2025 against NordVPN S.A., Tefincom S.A. d/b/a NordVPN and Nordsec B.V. on behalf of a proposed class of New York consumers. The defendants moved to dismiss, and that motion was fully briefed. According to a joint letter filed on April 29, 2026, the parties attended a full-day mediation on April 14, 2026, reached an agreement in principle to resolve the case on a class-wide basis that day, and signed a memorandum of understanding. The court then paused the case while the parties drafted a final agreement.Over the summer the case was expanded into a consolidated action. An amended complaint was filed, parties were added, and by August 2026 the case carried the Zeichner caption with eight named plaintiffs, including the plaintiffs from the Kandeh and Sasgen cases. The deadline to file the preliminary approval motion, originally August 21, 2026, was extended to September 15, 2026 and then extended again.
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What Do the Lawsuits Allege?
The original New York complaint alleges that Nord Security’s subscriptions for NordVPN, the NordPass password manager and the Incogni data-removal tool renewed automatically without clear disclosure, that the renewal terms were hidden before and after purchase, that cancellation was made difficult, and that customers were not given adequate notice of material changes. The Illinois complaint makes similar claims under Illinois and federal consumer-protection laws. These allegations are unproven, and settling a case is not an admission of wrongdoing.Who Could Be Covered?
The settlement class has not been published. The individual complaints proposed classes of consumers in particular states, but a nationwide or multi-state settlement class can be broader or narrower than any one complaint, so having bought a Nord subscription does not by itself establish membership. The class definition, the products covered and the time period will be set out in the settlement agreement and the court-approved notice.Is There a NordVPN Claim Form?
Not yet. A claim form and settlement website normally come after the court grants preliminary approval. Until then, no website offering a NordVPN settlement payment has been identified in a court-approved notice; the official site will be the one the notice names. The January 2025 NordVPN outage is a separate matter covered on our NordVPN outage page.What Happens Next?
Once the preliminary approval motion is filed, the settlement terms become public. If Judge Ramos grants preliminary approval, the order typically appoints a settlement administrator, approves a notice plan and sets deadlines to file claims, opt out or object, along with a final approval hearing. OCA will update this page when the motion is filed and when the court rules.What Records May Be Useful?
Purchase confirmations, renewal notices, records of cancellation attempts, account screenshots and billing statements show when a subscription was bought and renewed. What a claim will require, if anything, will not be known until the notice is published.Sources
• Federal docket for Zeichner v. NordVPN S.A. et al. (formerly Kandeh v. NordVPN S.A.), No. 1:25-cv-02571-ER (S.D.N.Y.), including the April 29, 2026 joint letter-motion to stay pending settlement (ECF No. 59), the August 17, 2026 joint extension letter (ECF No. 68) and the October 6, 2026 letter seeking enlarged pages for the preliminary approval brief (ECF No. 74)• Federal docket summary for Sasgen v. NordVPN S.A. et al.
• Filed complaint
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Status
Settlement reached; preliminary approval motion pending
Case Title
Zeichner v. NordVPN S.A. et al. (formerly Kandeh v. NordVPN S.A.)
Case Number
1:25-cv-02571-ER
Court
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Judge
Edgardo Ramos
Claim Process
Not yet available
