AMERICANS can score up to $8,050 after a data breach settlement – and they need one document to claim.
Hapy Bear Surgery Center in California agreed to a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it failed to protect patients from a 2023 data breach.
Americans can score up to $8,050 in payments from data breach settlement against the Hapy Bear Surgery Center[/caption]
Claimants must provide proof of purchase to successfully claim their cash[/caption]
The lawsuit claims that the Hapy Bear Surgery Center, a pediatric dental surgery in Tulare, in failed to prevent the data breach.
This led to sensitive patient information being compromised, including names, Social Security numbers, health insurance information and medical records.
Plaintiffs in the case said the company could have prevented the data breach by implementing reasonable cybersecurity measures.
The settlement benefits those whose personal information was exposed discovered on or about December 27, 2023.
It also includes those who received a data breach notification.
Those who are eligible for payment are entitled to up to $500 for ordinary out-of-pocket expenses.
These include communication charges, bank fees, credit costs and monitoring expenses.
Those who faced extraordinary out-of-pocket expenses, including unreimbursed monetary losses associated with fraud or identity theft, can also receive up to $7,500.
California class members are eligible for an additional $50 payment.
All class members are also eligible for two years of credit monitoring services.
These services include three-bureau credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, real-time inquiry alerts and $1 million in identity theft insurance.
Hapy Bear Surgery Center agreed to enhance its data security measures as part of the settlement.
Claimants must provide proof of purchase, which is a documentation of losses, such as bank statements, credit card statements or phone bills.
Americans need to act fast if they believe they are eligible to claim.
The final approval hearing for the data breach settlement is scheduled for February 24, 2025.
Class members must submit a valid claim form by February 4, 2025.
The total amount that the Hapy Bear Surgery Center agreed to pay is undisclosed.
FOOD POISONING SETTLEMENT
There’s also another active data breach suit that Americans can claim from right now.
If you purchased, received, or consumed Daily Harvest’s French Lentil + Leek Crumbles in 2022 and suffered injuries or financial losses as a result, you could receive up to $173,330 in compensation.
The crumbles, sold online and in retail locations in Chicago and Los Angeles, were found to contain tara flour, an ingredient allegedly contaminated with salmonella.
The FDA has received 393 reports of illnesses, with 133 hospitalisations across 36 states, according to its official website.
Ticketmaster data breach
In summer 2024, more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers were reportedly victims of a data breach.
- In June 2024, Ticketmaster notified users of a data breach resulting in 560 million users’ data being leaked.
- The company told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that “a criminal threat actor” offered to sell users’ information on the dark web.
- Before the official announcement on May 28, hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility.
- ShinyHunters is an international cyber threat group that has claimed to have breached large companies such as Microsoft and AT&T.
- The group sought $500,000 for the 1.3TB of Ticketmaster’s customer information, including addresses, phone numbers, and credit card details.
- Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Entertainment, confirmed that the data breach happened because of unauthorized access to a third-party cloud storage platform.
- Although Live Entertainment has not stated which third-party database leaked the information, it is speculated that the AI cloud database platform, Snowflake, was compromised.
Those who suffered monetary damages tied to another person’s injuries are classified as Category 1A and can get up to $665.
Anyone who experienced personal injuries but didn’t seek medical treatment can claim up to $1,335 under Category 1B.
If you qualify under Category 2, it means you can claim up to $20,000 if sought medical treatment but were not hospitalized.
Those who were hospitalized fall under Category 3 and can claim up to $40,000.
Individuals who underwent gallbladder removal surgery related to the contamination can claim up to an eye-watering $173,000 under Category 4 of the settlement.
The deadline to fill out a claim form against the Hapy Bear Surgery Center is February 4[/caption]
