Was your information exposed in a data breach?

If a company lost your Social Security number, medical records, or account details, you may be able to recover money — even if no one has used them yet. Send us the notice you received.

This may apply to you if:

You received a letter or email saying your personal information was exposed.
The notice came from a company, hospital, insurer, school, or employer.
The information included a Social Security number, medical records, or financial account details.
You have seen charges, accounts, or credit activity you do not recognize.

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What are we investigating?

Companies that hold sensitive personal records — Social Security numbers, medical files, account credentials — are required to protect them. When a breach happens, the notice you receive is usually the first and last thing you hear about it, and it rarely explains what was taken or how it was left exposed.

Most notices arrive months after the intrusion, and many offer a year of credit monitoring as though the risk expires with it. A Social Security number does not change. Once it is out it circulates for years, and the fraud it enables often surfaces long after the monitoring has lapsed.

We look at whether the company's security was adequate for the information it chose to collect, whether it kept records it no longer needed, whether it delayed telling you, and what it has done since. A case can ask for payment for the exposure itself and for the time you spent dealing with it, reimbursement of any losses, and a court-enforceable requirement that the company change how it stores this information.

FAQs

About Class Actions

What is a class action lawsuit?

A class action is when a few individuals sue a company on behalf of many others—sometimes thousands.

What can a class action do to help?

When companies break laws in ways that hurt consumers, it can feel like there's no way to fight back. But by combining force through a class action, consumers can achieve an economy of scale and prosecute their interests. And they can win, forcing the companies to change their behavior or pay back damages, or both.

How long does a class action take?

It is hard to predict. Sometimes class actions settle and end very quickly, within a few months. The rare class action that goes all the way to a trial can last a few years.

What is a class representative?

Class representatives sue the defendant on behalf of everyone else. They are "named" in the lawsuit and work closely with their attorneys to prosecute the case. If the case requires it, class reps will have to swear to facts, share documents related to their claims, be deposed, or testify at trial, among other things.

Do I have to pay anything out of pocket?

No. You do not pay anything out of pocket. We only get paid if we win or settle your case. Our fee comes from the result, not from you.