Not our problems? a Passive Action page New & still learning
“Not our problem.” Then whose is it?
When a company overcharges, leaks personal data or breaks a promise, the harm gets spread thin across thousands of people. To each of us it's small, or far away, or happening to someone else. So we shrug, and that shrug is how it keeps happening. It only takes one person to decide it is their problem. When they do, everybody benefits.
Somewhere, it's someone's whole problem
"Not my problem" usually just means "not my problem yet", or "not the problem of anyone I know."
Small to you, big to someone
A few dollars of hidden fees is easy to ignore. For the person living paycheck to paycheck, the same few dollars is groceries, a bus pass, or the overdraft that starts the next fee.
Far away is still someone
The person hurt may not live next door, and you may never meet them. They're still a human being, and they deserve the same respect and the same fair deal as the people you love.
Silence keeps the pattern going
Most of the time nobody set out to do harm. A practice just went unquestioned because nobody asked. One question, one complaint, one claim is often what makes someone look again.
Not only wrong, but better
Not everything is a scandal. Plenty of things are simply not as good as they could be. Speaking up isn't only about stopping what's wrong; it's how things that work get better.
How one person's problem becomes everybody's help
A class action is a plain example of what happens when one person decides it's their problem.
1. Someone speaks up
It starts with one person, or a handful, who notice something isn't right and decide not to let it go. In a class action they step forward as the named plaintiff.
2. They stand in for everyone
The case is brought on behalf of everyone in the same situation, including the thousands who never knew anything was wrong.
3. Everybody can benefit
If it settles, people who never said a word can often file a claim. One person made it their problem, and everyone in the class got a chance at a fair outcome.
The catch: most people never find out. Settlement notices get missed, deadlines pass, and money meant for people goes unclaimed. That last step, making sure people know, is the part we decided to make our problem.
We made it our problem
Passive Action reads the public record so you don't have to, and shares what it finds for free at passiveaction.org.
Find what you're owed
Open class action settlements in plain English, each linked straight to its official, court-approved claim site. Filing is always free there.
Browse settlementsDon't miss the deadline
Every claim deadline coming up, day by day, so a settlement doesn't close before anyone tells you about it.
See the deadlinesSee the bigger picture
Our own research on nearly four decades of federal class actions: how many are filed, about what, and how they end.
Read the researchMake it your problem, for one minute
You don't have to fix everything. You just have to not look away.
Check for yourself
See whether a settlement covers something you bought or used. It takes a minute and costs nothing.
Check nowTell one person
The friend who never reads the mail, the parent who doesn't go online, the coworker who just had their data leaked. Most people never hear about a settlement until someone tells them.
Speak up, including to us
If something seems off, say so. That goes for us too: if we got something wrong, tell us why and we'll fix it.
Contact usStay respectful
There are people on every side, including the ones who work at the companies involved. You can hold a practice to account and still treat every person in it with respect.
Honest about who we are
Straight answers about who we are and what we are not.
We're new, and still learning
Passive Action started in 2026. We're testing ideas in public and trying to serve people a little better each week.
We're biased, and we say so
We believe public information belongs to the public and that people should know what they're owed. What we publish beyond the record itself is our opinion; read it as opinion, not fact.
Information, not legal advice
We are not a law firm and not affiliated with any law firm. We don't give legal advice, and reading our pages creates no attorney-client relationship. For advice about your situation, talk to a lawyer.
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If not us, who? If not now, when?
Start with the settlements open right now. Then tell one person who would never have found out on their own.