DotHouse Health Data Breach Settlement

The settlement concerns people connected to DotHouse Health’s November 2022 data incident. Getting a notice may be relevant, but the notice uses the Settlement Class definition and exclusions to determine who is included.

• Former or current Massachusetts residents must have been in the Notice Class.
• People who were not and are not Massachusetts residents must be in the Notice Class and choose to participate.
• The Notice Class is the approximately 145,000 people whom DHI sent Data Incident notice in or around July 2025 and whose notice was not returned as undeliverable.
• DHI directors and officers, the assigned judge or judges, their immediate family members, and court staff are excluded.

All Class Members may claim two years of the listed credit-monitoring service. A claim form is required to receive it.

• Two years of CyEx Medical Shield Complete credit monitoring.
• Up to $1 million in financial fraud insurance.
• Monitoring for medical fraud or medical identity theft, unauthorized financial transactions, certain high-risk transactions, and one-bureau credit activity.
• Help from a fraud-resolution agent if suspicious activity occurs.

This is reimbursement, not a flat payment. The notice requires records such as bank statements or receipts showing both the amount and the connection to the data incident. Notes or papers you created yourself can help explain other evidence, but cannot support the claim by themselves.

• You may seek reimbursement of actual, documented out-of-pocket losses caused by the Data Incident, up to $2,000.
• The loss must have occurred between October 31, 2022, and January 29, 2027.
• Examples include identity-theft or fraud losses, certain credit-reporting or credit-freeze fees, ID replacement costs, and postage used to contact banks.
• You cannot claim costs that another party has already reimbursed.

This option is available instead of the documented-loss payment. The notice does not promise that the payment will be exactly $40.

• The payment is currently estimated at $40, but the final amount may be different.
• It is a one-time payment.
• You do not need to provide proof or an explanation to request this payment.
• The notice says remaining settlement money will be divided equally among people who claim this option.

In practical terms, the notice treats the two cash payments as a choice between alternatives. It does not say that credit monitoring is an alternative to either cash option.

• Choose either the documented-loss payment or the pro rata cash payment; the notice describes those two cash options as alternatives.
• The notice describes credit monitoring separately from the cash choice and provides a postcard claim form for both credit monitoring and the pro rata payment.

The notice says a valid, timely claim form is the only way to receive settlement benefits or payment. It does not describe an automatic payment option.

• File online through the settlement website.
• Or download a claim form and mail it to the Settlement Administrator at PO Box 25191, Santa Ana, CA 92799-9958.
• You can also call, email, or write to the Settlement Administrator to request a paper claim form.
• For credit monitoring or the pro rata payment, the postcard notice’s tear-off claim form may be used.

The notice’s general mail instruction also refers to supporting documentation. For a request only for the pro rata payment, that wording conflicts with the notice’s statement that no proof or explanation is required; the notice does not resolve that conflict.

• Online claims must be submitted by January 29, 2027.
• Mailed claims must be postmarked by January 29, 2027.
• The notice says mailed claim forms must be completed and signed.

Because those amounts come from the fund first, the notice does not promise how much money will remain for benefits or that the estimated pro rata amount will be final.

• The $750,000 fund first pays court-approved attorneys’ fees and costs, service awards for the named plaintiffs, and settlement-administration costs.
• The money left after those amounts is used for the benefits.
• The pro rata payment is based on money remaining after expenses and other benefits are paid.

The notice does not provide a specific payment date. Court approval and any appeals can affect when benefits are issued.

• The court is scheduled to hold the final approval hearing on January 19, 2027.
• If the court approves the settlement, appeals may still be filed.
• Payments will be distributed only after final approval and after any appeals are resolved.

The notice says you are automatically part of the settlement if you do nothing, but you must file a claim to receive a benefit.

• You will not receive a benefit or payment from this settlement.
• You will give up the rights described in the settlement’s release, including the right to bring or continue certain claims against DHI about the issues covered by the settlement.

Objecting means telling the court why you believe it should not approve some or all of the settlement. The notice says an objection must meet every listed requirement to be valid.

• A Class Member may object in writing by December 29, 2026.
• The complete objection must be filed with the Clerk of Court and copies must be sent to the Settlement Administrator, Class Counsel, and DHI’s counsel.
• The notice lists detailed required information, including your contact information, grounds for the objection, specified information about prior objections, and your signature.
• You may still file a claim for benefits if you object.

The notice is internally inconsistent. Its first-page heading says Docket No. 2584CV01999, while the body repeatedly says 2585CV01999. The notice does not resolve the difference, so this page does not choose one number.

• Use the case name Peter Samiotes, et al. v. DotHouse Health, Inc. and confirm the docket number with the Settlement Administrator or court before relying on it.