India, July 21 -- Block, the parent company of popular digital payment platform Cash App, agreed last month to settle a lawsuit to the tune of $12.5 million. The lawsuit accused the platform of sending spam messages, violating certain consumer protection laws. Notably, Block did not admit to any wrongdoing when settling the matter.

Due to the nature of allegations in the class action suit against Cash App, the settlement only applies to Washington state residents, who are protected by the two laws that Cash App has been accused of violating.

A potential claimant must have received one of these spam messages from the company in order to be eligible, CNET reported.

The settlement class is estimated to be around 2 million people, based on...