Cornwell Quality Tools Data Breach Settlement

A benefit is not automatic. The notice says a claim form is the only way to receive settlement benefits.

• You must submit a Claim Form by January 25, 2027, even if you want only identity monitoring or the $50 cash payment.
• The form can be submitted online or printed and mailed. Follow the form’s instructions, provide the required information, and sign it.

Identity monitoring is available alongside either payment choice, but you still need to make a claim for it.

• You may request two years of three-bureau CyEx Financial Shield monitoring and fraud protection.
• The coverage includes $1 million in identity-theft insurance.
• You can pair the monitoring with either the $50 cash payment or the losses-and-time reimbursement claim.

The two cash-related options are alternatives, not benefits that can be added together.

• Choose either the $50 Alternative Cash Payment or reimbursement for documented losses and lost time.
• You may request identity monitoring with either option.
• The $50 option does not require supporting documents or a time-spent attestation.

The notice gives examples rather than promising reimbursement for every expense. The Settlement Administrator will review the claim.

• The combined reimbursement limit for qualifying out-of-pocket losses and lost time is $5,000 per person.
• Examples of potentially covered expenses include bank fees, certain phone or data charges, postage, local-travel gasoline, credit reports, credit monitoring, and identity-theft insurance.
• The expenses must be unreimbursed and fairly traceable to the data incident.

These document requirements apply to reimbursement for out-of-pocket losses, not to the $50 alternative payment.

• For an out-of-pocket-loss claim, provide records showing the unreimbursed amount and why it is connected to this data incident.
• Examples include bank or credit-card statements, emails, invoices, receipts, and telephone records.
• A personal statement can help explain other records, but it cannot serve as the required proof by itself. Documents you prepared yourself are not enough on their own.

Lost time is part of the $5,000 combined cap for losses and time. It is not an additional payment above that cap.

• Lost time is paid at $20 per hour for up to three hours, for a maximum of $60.
• You must sign an attestation under penalty of perjury that explains how the time was used and shows it was related to the data incident.

The hearing date is not a payment date, and the notice says there is no deadline by which the Court must make its decision.

• The notice does not give a calendar date for payments or monitoring to begin.
• The Court is scheduled to hold the Final Approval Hearing on January 28, 2027.
• Benefits are to be provided only after approval and after the settlement becomes final, meaning there is no appeal from the approval order.

Opting out means leaving the settlement. It is different from objecting to it.

• To leave the settlement, mail an exclusion request by first-class U.S. mail, postmarked no later than December 28, 2026.
• Include the case name or a recognizable version of it, your contact information, a statement that you want to opt out or the words “Requests for Exclusion,” and your signature.
• A person who opts out receives no settlement benefits but is not bound by the settlement’s release of the claims it covers.

An objection asks the Court not to approve the proposed settlement. It does not remove someone from the settlement.

• Only a class member who does not opt out may object.
• A written objection must be mailed to the Settlement Administrator or filed with the Court by December 28, 2026.
• The notice lists required information, including contact details, the case name and number, proof of class membership, the reasons and supporting material for the objection, and a signature.

Yes. The notice gives two administrative figures that do not reconcile. These issues do not change the stated claim deadline or claimant benefit choices, but the notice itself does not resolve them.

• It says the fee-and-service-award application will be filed by December 14, 2027, even though the final approval hearing is scheduled for January 28, 2027.
• It identifies seven Class Representatives and proposes $2,000 for each, but also states an aggregate service-award amount of $16,000. Seven awards of $2,000 would total $14,000.