- A Court authorized the Notice to those that are eligible to receive settlement benefits from a $950,000 proposed class action settlement. The Litigation is titled In re SAG Health Data Breach Litigation, Case No. 2:24-cv-10503-MEMF-JPR and is pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The people that filed the class action lawsuit are called Plaintiffs or Class Representatives and the company they sued is SAG-AFTRA Health Plan (SAG-AFTRA or Defendant). Defendant denies any wrongdoing whatsoever.
- Who is a Settlement Class Member?
All living Persons who were mailed notification of the Data Incident indicating that their Private Information may have been impacted in the Data Incident that occurred in SAG-AFTRA’s system between September 17 to September 18, 2024, including all who were sent a notice of the Data Incident.
The Settlement Class specifically excludes: (i) Defendant and its respective officers and directors; (ii) the Judge(s) to whom the action is assigned and any member of those Judges’ staffs or immediate family members; (iii) any other Person found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be guilty under criminal law of initiating, causing, aiding or abetting the criminal activity occurrence of the Data Incident or who pleads nolo contendere to any such charge; and (iv) any Settlement Class Member who timely and validly opts out of the settlement.
- Settlement Class Members that submit a Valid Claim may receive one or more the following settlement benefits:
- Out-of-Pocket Losses: All Settlement Class Members who have suffered a proven monetary loss and who submit a Valid Claim using the Claim Form are eligible for up to $5,000 with actual, documented losses;
Settlement Class Members submitting a Settlement Claim for reimbursement of documented out-of-pocket expenses will automatically have requested the Pro Rata Cash Payment cash payment as well, regardless of the validity of their Settlement Claim for reimbursement of such losses and/or expenses.
- Pro Rata Cash Payments: Any remaining funds in the Settlement Fund will be distributed as a residual Pro Rata Cash Payment based on shares to Settlement Class Members who submit a Valid Claim to receive this benefit, with each Claimant who is not a California Resident receiving one (1) share of the Settlement Remainder, and each Claimant who is a California Resident that resided in California at any point from September 17, 2024 until the Claims Deadline, and who was mailed notification of the Data Incident at a California address indicating that their Private Information may have been impacted in the Data Incident that occurred receiving two (2) shares of the Settlement Remainder;
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IN ADDITION TO THE BENEFITS ABOVE, ALL SETTLEMENT CLASS MEMBERS WILL AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT SUBMITTING A SETTLEMENT CLAIM, RECEIVE:
- Credit Monitoring and Identity-Protection Services: All Settlement Class Members are eligible to receive eighteen (18) months of CyEx Medical Shield Complete, a medical information protection and monitoring service offered through CyEx, OR CyEx Minor Defense. You will automatically receive this benefit, without submitting a Settlement Claim.
- Enrollment Medical Shield: The activation code for CyEx Medical Shield will be provided to you on the Short Notice form that you received. To enroll, please call CyEx at 1.866.622.9303 or go to the website https://app.medicalshield.cyex.com/enrollment/activate/SAGAFTRA and enter your Activation Code.
- Enrollment Minor Defense: If you are a minor and received a code for Minor Defense. The activation code for CyEx Minor Defense will be provided to you on the Short Notice form that you received. To enroll, please call CyEx at 1.866.622.9303 or go to the website https://app.minordefense.com/enrollment/activate/SAGAFTRAMD and enter your Activation Code.
In the unexpected event that the Settlement Fund is insufficient to cover the value of the Valid Claims, the Valid Claims shall be reduced pro rata on an equal percentage basis as necessary to bring the cost within the Settlement Fund.
Please read this Settlement Website carefully. Your legal rights will be affected, and you have a choice to make at this time.