In re AACOM Data Breach Litigation

A Court has authorized this Settlement Website. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.

If you are an individual residing in the United States whose personally identifiable information (“PII”) or personal health information (“PHI”) was identified as at issue in the Data Incident discovered by AACOM in September 2024, including all those individuals who received notice of the Data Incident, you are eligible to receive a Settlement benefit from a class action Settlement

• A Court authorized this Settlement Website to those that are eligible to receive Settlement benefits from a $700,000 proposed class action Settlement. The Litigation is titled In re AACOM Data Breach Litigation, Case No. 8:25-cv-01239-TJS and is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The person that filed the class action lawsuit is called Plaintiffs or Settlement Class Representatives and the company they sued is American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (“AACOM” or “Defendant”). Defendant denies any wrongdoing whatsoever.
   
• Who is a Settlement Class Member?

All individuals residing in the United States whose PII/PHI was identified as at issue in the Data Incident discovered by AACOM in September 2024, including all those individuals who received notice of the Data Incident.

Excluded from the Settlement Class are AACOM’s officers and directors, legal representatives, and attorneys; members of the judiciary to whom this case is assigned, their families, and members of their staff; all Settlement Class Members who timely and validly request exclusion from the Settlement Class; and 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.

• Settlement Class Members under the Settlement Agreement will be eligible to receive one or more of the following Settlement benefits:
   
  • Compensation for Out-of-Pocket Losses: Settlement Class Members may claim up to $3,500 by submitting a valid and timely Claim Form and reasonable supporting documentation for ordinary losses that more likely than not, was because of the Data Incident. You may not select Cash Compensation below;

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• Cash Compensation: Instead of Compensation for Out-of-Pocket Losses, Settlement Class Members may file a claim for an Alternative Cash Payment. The amount of the Alternative Cash Payments is estimated to be $50, but will be determined on a pro rata basis;

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• Credit Monitoring: Twenty-four (24) months of 3-bureau credit and identity theft monitoring will be provided for those Settlement Class Members who elect and submit valid claims for such credit and identity theft monitoring.

The amount of the Net Settlement Fund remaining after all payments for Credit Monitoring, Compensation for Out-of-Pocket Losses are made is the Post-Loss Net Settlement Fund. The Post-Loss Net Settlement Fund will be used to make all Alternative Cash Payments. The amount of each Alternative Cash Payment shall be calculated by dividing the Post-Loss Net Settlement Fund by the number of valid claims for Alternative Cash Payments.

• For more information visit this Settlement Website or call (833) 630-5371.

Please read this Settlement Website carefully. Your legal rights will be affected, and you have a choice to make at this time.

• Your rights and options as a Settlement Class Member – and the deadlines to exercise your rights – are explained on this Settlement Website.
   
• The Court still will have to decide whether to approve the Settlement. Settlement benefits will be made available only if the Court approves the Settlement and after any possible appeals are resolved.