Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Aside from the below, as of June 30, 2023, there were no material changes to our commitments and contingencies as disclosed in the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in our 2022 10-K.

In March 2020, we received a letter from the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") indicating its intent to investigate our privacy and security practices to determine whether such practices comply with Section 5 of the FTC Act. In April 2020, the FTC sent an initial request for information to us regarding our sharing of data regarding individuals’ use of our website, app and services with service providers, including Google and Facebook. Notwithstanding our belief that we complied with applicable regulations and had meritorious defenses to any claims or assertions to the contrary, on February 1, 2023, we reached a negotiated settlement with the FTC (a "proposed consent order") to resolve all claims and allegations arising out of or relating to the FTC investigation which included a monetary settlement amount of $1.5 million that was accrued as of December 31, 2022 and paid during the three months ended March 31, 2023. The proposed consent order was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ("NDCA") and was approved and entered on February 17, 2023. The consent order also includes agreements to effect or maintain, as applicable, certain changes to our business practices, policies and compliance requirements that may impose additional costs that we do not believe will be material both individually and in the aggregate to us.

Between February 2, 2023, and March 30, 2023, five individual plaintiffs filed five separate putative class actions lawsuits against GoodRx Holdings, Inc., Google, Meta, and Criteo, alleging generally that we have not adequately protected consumer privacy and that we communicated consumer information to third parties, including the three co-defendants. Four of the plaintiffs allege California common law intrusion upon seclusion and unjust enrichment claims, as well as claims under California’s Medical Information Act, Invasion of Privacy Act, Consumer Legal Remedies Act, and Unfair Competition Law. One of these four plaintiffs additionally brings a claim under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The fifth plaintiff brings claims for common-law unjust enrichment and violations of New York’s General Business Law. The plaintiffs in these lawsuits are seeking various forms of monetary damages (such as statutory damages, compensatory damages, attorneys’ fees and disgorgement of profits) as well as injunctive relief. Four of these cases were originally filed in the NDCA (Cases No. 3:23-cv-00501; 3:23-cv-00744; 3:23-cv-00940; and 4:23-cv-01293). One case was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 1:23-cv-00943); however, that case was voluntarily dismissed and re-filed in the NDCA (Case No. 3:23-cv-01508). These five matters have been consolidated and assigned to U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín in the NDCA. The court also set a briefing schedule for filing a single consolidated complaint as well as motions to dismiss and motions to compel arbitration. Briefing on the motions to dismiss and motions to compel arbitration will be completed by August 24, 2023 and heard on September 7, 2023. In addition, the court referred the parties to mediation, which has not been scheduled or discussed further yet at this time. We have not accrued a loss for this matter as a loss is not probable and reasonably estimable. While it is reasonably possible a loss may have been incurred, we are unable to estimate a loss or range of loss in this matter. This pending proceeding involves complex questions of fact and law and may require the expenditure of significant funds and the diversion of other resources to defend. The results of legal proceedings are inherently uncertain, and material adverse outcomes are reasonably possible.

In addition, during the normal course of business, we may become subject to, and are presently involved in, legal proceedings, claims and litigations. Such matters are subject to many uncertainties and outcomes are not predictable with assurance. Accruals for loss contingencies are recognized when a loss is probable, and the amount of such loss can be reasonably estimated.