Mullinax Ford Data Breach Settlement

The cash choices are alternatives. The loss and time benefits can be combined, but the $50 payment is available only to people who do not submit a claim for either of those benefits.

• You may choose Documented Losses, Lost Time, or both, and may also choose two years of one-bureau credit monitoring.
• You cannot receive the $50 Alternative Cash Payment if you claim either Documented Losses or Lost Time.
• If you choose the $50 payment, you may also choose credit monitoring.

A Documented Loss claim is for qualifying financial losses related to the data incident, such as losses connected with fraud or identity theft. Do not claim an expense that another source already reimbursed.

• The payment covers actual out-of-pocket monetary losses that have not been reimbursed.
• The loss must have happened after the data incident and be more likely than not caused by it.
• The maximum is $3,000.
• Submit receipts, invoices, or similar records from a third party. Your own statement, declaration, or affidavit by itself is not enough.

Lost Time can be claimed along with Documented Losses, but claiming it means you cannot also receive the $50 Alternative Cash Payment.

• You may claim $25 for each hour spent researching or dealing with issues related to the incident.
• The limit is three hours, or $75 total.
• The notice does not specify what supporting documents, if any, are required for Lost Time. A completed Claim Form is required for every benefit.

This is the alternative to making a loss or time claim, not an extra payment that can be added to those claims.

• The payment is $50.
• You may claim it only if you do not submit a claim for Documented Losses or Lost Time.
• You may also elect two years of one-bureau credit monitoring.
• The notice does not specify whether documents are required for this payment; submit a completed Claim Form.

Credit monitoring may be selected with either cash option.

• Choose it on your Claim Form.
• If the settlement receives approval and becomes final, the administrator will email activation instructions to the email address on your form.
• The service is two years of credit monitoring from one credit bureau.

A Claim Form is required even if you want only credit monitoring or the $50 Alternative Cash Payment.

• Submit a Claim Form online by November 23, 2026, or download a form and mail it.
• A mailed form must be postmarked or received by November 23, 2026.
• Mail claims and any required supporting documents to: Mullinax Data Incident Settlement, Attn: Claim Forms, 1650 Arch Street, Suite 2210, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Doing nothing is different from leaving the settlement. To preserve the ability to bring your own lawsuit concerning the released claims, you must submit a valid request to exclude yourself by the deadline.

• You will not receive any settlement benefits.
• You will remain bound by the settlement if it is approved and becomes final.
• That means you give up the right to bring or continue certain claims about the data incident against the defendant and other released parties.

Excluding yourself, often called opting out, means leaving this settlement. It is the option for someone who wants to retain the right to pursue their own lawsuit concerning the claims this settlement resolves.

• Mail a personally signed request to exclude yourself; it must be postmarked by November 9, 2026.
• Include your name, address, telephone number, email address, and a statement that you want to be excluded.
• Mail it to: Mullinax Data Incident Settlement, Attn: Exclusion Requests, P.O. Box 58220, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
• If you exclude yourself, you cannot receive benefits and cannot object to the settlement.

An objection tells the Court why you disagree with the settlement or the requests for attorneys’ fees, expenses, or service awards. It does not remove you from the settlement.

• You must not have excluded yourself.
• File a written objection with the Court before November 9, 2026.
• Also mail it to Class Counsel, Defendant’s Counsel, and the Settlement Administrator before that date.
• The notice requires detailed information, including your contact information, reasons for objecting, prior-objection information, and your personal signature.

At the hearing, the Court will consider whether to approve the settlement and the requests for attorneys’ fees, costs, expenses, and service awards.

• The hearing is scheduled for December 8, 2026, at 9:15 a.m. by Zoom video conference.
• You do not have to attend.
• To speak at the hearing, state your intention to appear in a written objection that meets the notice requirements.
• The hearing date and time may change.

Court approval alone does not mean that benefits will be sent immediately.

• Benefits are not issued unless the Court approves the settlement and it becomes final.
• The administrator will issue cash payments using the payment method selected on the Claim Form.
• Appeals may need to be resolved first, so the notice does not provide a payment date.
• Keep your contact and payment information current; failing to do so may cause you to lose your payment.