Bauer Built Tire Data Breach Settlement

The notice bases class membership on Bauer’s records of who was sent a breach notice. Receiving this settlement notice alone is not described as a separate test for eligibility.

• You must live in the United States and Bauer’s records must show that Bauer, or someone acting for Bauer, sent you a notice saying your personal information may have been affected by the April 2023 incident.
• You are not included if you are the Judge or the Judge’s family or staff, a Bauer officer or director, someone who validly leaves the settlement, or someone involved in carrying out the incident.

Credit monitoring is not an automatic benefit. Like every settlement benefit, it requires a valid, timely claim form.

• You may request two years of three-bureau credit monitoring with $1 million in identity-theft protection.
• You must then choose either Option 1 or the $45 alternative cash payment.
• Option 1 allows one or more of these: qualifying out-of-pocket expenses, qualifying fraud or identity-theft losses, and lost-time compensation.
• You may request credit monitoring with either Option 1 or the $45 payment, but cannot request the $45 payment together with any Option 1 benefit.

Smaller costs such as a charge or fee should be claimed as out-of-pocket expenses, not as fraud or identity-theft losses.

• Out-of-pocket expenses: up to $500 for expenses caused by the incident, with receipts or similar proof. Personal notes can explain records but cannot be the only support.
• Fraud or identity-theft losses: up to $5,000 for unreimbursed monetary losses occurring after April 16, 2023. You need records such as bank statements, an explanation of the likely connection to the incident, and information showing efforts to prevent or recover the loss.
• Lost time: up to four hours at $25 per hour, or $100 maximum. You do not need documents, but you must briefly describe what you did.
• The lost-time amount is part of the $500 out-of-pocket-expense cap; it is not an additional $100 on top of that cap.

• The payment is a one-time $45 amount.
• You do not need proof or other supporting documents for this payment.
• You still must submit a valid, timely claim form.
• Do not choose this payment if you are also requesting any Option 1 benefit. You may still request credit monitoring with it.

• File online by December 31, 2026, or download a form and mail it to the Settlement Administrator.
• A mailed claim must be completed, signed, and postmarked by December 31, 2026. Include supporting documents when the benefit you selected requires them.
• You may call, email, or write to the Settlement Administrator to request a paper claim form.

• Leaving the settlement is called opting out or requesting exclusion.
• To opt out, mail a request containing the case name and number, your full name and current mailing address, your signature, and the words “Request for Exclusion” or a similarly clear statement.
• The request must be submitted, postmarked, or emailed by December 1, 2026.
• If you opt out, you cannot receive settlement benefits, but you keep any rights you may have to bring your own claim against Bauer about the issues in this case.

An objection tells the Court why you believe it should not approve some or all of the settlement. It does not remove you from the settlement.

• You may object only if you stay in the settlement; a person who opts out cannot object.
• A complete objection must be filed with the Clerk of Court by December 1, 2026, and a copy must also be sent to the Settlement Administrator.
• The notice lists required information, including your reasons, your address, certain information about a lawyer if you have one, whether you want to speak at the hearing, a list of certain objections from the past three years, and a signature.

The notice does not promise a payment date. Payments would be distributed only if the Court grants final approval and after any appeals are resolved.

• The hearing is scheduled for January 27, 2027, at 11:00 a.m. Central Time, by Zoom.
• The Court will decide whether to approve the settlement and will consider objections.
• You do not have to attend. If you submitted a timely objection, the Court will consider it even if you do not attend.
• The hearing date or time may change.