Steel Warehouse Data Breach Settlement: Benefits and Claim Deadline

• You are included if you are on the Class List and your personal identifying information may have been compromised in the January 2025 Data Incident.
• The settlement does not include Steel Warehouse and certain related people and entities, the judge and the judge’s family and staff, a person who carried out the incident, or anyone who validly opts out.
• If you are unsure whether you are on the Class List, the notice says you can contact the Settlement Administrator for free help.

• You can enroll in one year of CyEx Financial Shield Complete credit-monitoring services.
• The service includes $1 million in financial-fraud insurance and monitoring for fraud or identity theft, unauthorized financial transactions, and personal information connected with high-risk transactions.
• The notice says a fraud-resolution agent will be available if suspicious activity occurs.

• You may seek reimbursement of actual, documented out-of-pocket losses caused by the Data Incident, up to $5,000.
• Eligible losses must have occurred from January 23, 2025, through December 1, 2026.
• The notice gives examples such as identity-theft or fraud losses, certain credit-related fees, ID replacement costs, and postage used to contact banks. It does not allow payment for expenses already reimbursed by someone else.

• For an out-of-pocket-loss claim, send proof such as bank statements or receipts showing what you spent or lost.
• Your materials should connect the expense to the Data Incident. Personal notes can help explain other evidence, but personal notes by themselves are not enough.
• The notice does not state a required type of document beyond this general guidance.

• You may claim up to three hours spent responding to the Data Incident, paid at $20 per hour, for a maximum of $60.
• The time must be for Data Incident-related tasks. Examples include changing passwords, looking into suspicious account activity, and researching the incident.
• Briefly describe how you used the time in your claim.

The official claim form confirms that the $40 option replaces both out-of-pocket losses and lost time. Monitoring has its own selection box and can be requested with either cash package or on its own. Form checked September 9, 2026: https://cw.simpluris.com/docs/public/downloads/SDC8/CLAIM_FORM.

• The $40 payment is a one-time alternative cash payment.
• You do not need to provide proof or an explanation for this option.
• Choosing it means you cannot receive any other payment. The notice allows credit monitoring along with one or more cash-payment options, so the $40 alternative does not replace the monitoring benefit.

The portal at https://www.steelwarehousedatasettlement.com/form/claim requests LoginID and PIN. The paper form says Login ID is optional if known and also permits emailing an image of the signed form to [email protected]. These sources were checked September 9, 2026. Submit only one claim; request lost credentials using your name and mailing address. Send an emailed claim by the December 1 deadline and confirm receipt with the administrator if needed.

• To receive any settlement benefit or payment, submit a valid Claim Form by December 1, 2026.
• You may submit the form online. You can also download a form and mail it, or ask the Settlement Administrator for a paper form by phone, email, or mail.
• A mailed form must be completed, signed, include supporting documentation when applicable, and be postmarked by the deadline.

• If you take no action, you will not receive a benefit or payment from this settlement.
• Unless you opt out, you remain in the settlement and give up the rights described in the settlement’s release. In practical terms, the notice says you cannot bring or continue another lawsuit against Steel Warehouse over the legal claims covered by this settlement.
• The notice directs readers to Section 5 of the Settlement Agreement for the full description of the released claims.

• Opting out means formally leaving the settlement. You will not receive its benefits or payments, but you keep any rights you may have to pursue Steel Warehouse yourself over the legal issues in this case.
• Your request must identify the case, provide your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, and personal signature, and clearly say that you want to be excluded.
• Mail the request to the Settlement Administrator. It must be submitted or postmarked by October 2, 2026. You can opt out only for yourself.

Use notice question 16 on pages 7–8 for the complete checklist and addresses, including lawyer details and lists of intended hearing witnesses or documents. This summary is not a substitute for those requirements.

• You may object only if you stay in the settlement; a person who opts out cannot object.
• To be considered, an objection must be complete, filed with the Clerk of Court by October 2, 2026, and copied to the Settlement Administrator.
• An objection must explain all reasons for objecting, include any supporting legal materials, state whether you or your lawyer want to speak at the hearing, and include the required identifying information and signature.

• The final approval hearing is scheduled for October 21, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. It may be held at the stated South Bend courthouse or by video or telephone conference.
• You do not have to attend. If you made a timely objection, the court can consider it even if you do not appear.
• The court has not yet approved the settlement. If it does approve it, payments will be distributed only after any appeals are resolved; the notice does not give a payment date.