Hire Velocity Data Incident Settlement: Who Qualifies and What They Get

The settlement is limited to people who received Hire Velocity’s breach notice. It does not say that everyone connected with Hire Velocity is included.

• You must be a living person in the United States who received Hire Velocity’s written notice that your private information may have been compromised in the approximately February 2025 incident.
• Directors and officers of Hire Velocity, government entities, the assigned judge, the judge’s immediate family, court staff, and people who validly opt out are excluded.

The two cash options are alternatives, but credit monitoring is an additional benefit rather than a replacement for the cash option.

• Choose either up to $2,000 for qualifying out-of-pocket losses or the $40 alternate cash payment. You cannot receive both cash payments.
• You may also claim two years of credit monitoring along with either cash-payment choice.

The larger cash option is for documented out-of-pocket losses arising from the data incident. The listed examples are not the only possible losses, but a claim must meet the notice’s requirements.

• The reimbursement is capped at $2,000.
• It can cover losses connected to fraud or identity theft, certain professional fees, credit-freeze costs, qualifying credit-monitoring costs, and incidental expenses such as notary, postage, copying, mileage, and long-distance calls.
• The notice says credit-monitoring costs must have been incurred from May 16, 2025 through November 15, 2026.
• The same expense cannot be reimbursed if another source has already paid you for it.

Documentation is required for the out-of-pocket-loss payment. It is not required for the $40 alternate cash payment.

• Submit reasonable documents, such as telephone records, emails or other correspondence, or receipts.
• A personal certification, declaration, or affidavit by itself is not enough. It may be included to explain or support other documents.
• The notice says a claim can be denied if sufficient documentation is not provided and the problem is not cured.

The notice describes the credit-monitoring benefit as lasting two years.

• The service includes three-bureau credit monitoring and a single-bureau credit report.
• It also includes dark-web monitoring, a Social Security number scan, high-risk transaction monitoring with real-time alerts, a security freeze, and $1 million in insurance coverage.

The notice requires a valid, timely Claim Form. It lists an online claim address, but the notice contains conflicting website addresses; see the reported issue for that unresolved conflict.

• A Claim Form is required for any settlement benefit.
• For a mailed claim, mail the form and any necessary documentation to Roberts v. Hire Velocity, LLC, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391.
• A mailed claim must be postmarked by November 30, 2026. The notice gives an online deadline of November 30, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Opting out means leaving the settlement. You would not receive settlement benefits, but you would keep the right to bring your own lawsuit about the claims resolved by this settlement.

• To opt out, mail a written request saying that you want to be excluded from the settlement class.
• Include your full name, address, telephone number, email address if any, and your personal signature.
• Mail it to the Settlement Administrator and ensure it is postmarked by November 16, 2026.

An objection asks the court not to approve some or all of the settlement. It does not remove you from the settlement, and you may still submit a claim if you object.

• You may object only if you stay in the settlement; someone who opts out cannot object.
• File the written objection with the court by November 16, 2026.
• Also mail copies to Class Counsel, Defendant’s Counsel, and the Settlement Administrator by that date.
• The notice requires detailed information, including your grounds for objecting, prior class-settlement objections during the preceding five years, information about counsel, possible hearing witnesses, whether you plan to appear or testify, and your signature.

Benefits are not due on the hearing date. They will be distributed only after final approval and after any appeals are resolved, if approval is granted.

• The hearing is scheduled for December 15, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. ET in Courtroom 2F at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia.
• The court may approve the settlement, attorneys’ fees and costs, and service awards at that hearing.
• You do not have to attend. The date and time may change.

Doing nothing is different from opting out. It provides no benefit and does not preserve the right to sue over the released claims.

• You will not receive any settlement benefits.
• You will remain bound by the settlement’s release of claims unless you opt out.
• That means you give up the right to start, continue, or participate in another lawsuit against Hire Velocity and the released parties about the legal issues resolved by this settlement.