Welcome to the Settlement Website for the
Tsvetanova, et al. v. The Regents of the University of California Class Action Settlement

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE COURT

To receive benefits and/or payments from this Settlement, simply tear off and mail the Claim Form attached to the postcard you received (postage is prepaid). To receive your two free years of Medical Shield Complete, please include a valid email address on the postcard before mailing. You may be eligible to receive additional benefits from the Settlement, click here to submit a Claim Form using your Claim Form login credentials (located on the Postcard Notice you received).

If you believe you are a Settlement Class member, but you did not receive direct notice of this Settlement, then you must download a Claim Form here, provide your name and the last four digits of your social security number to the Settlement Administrator when submitting your claim, and mail the Claim Form to the Settlement Administrator so the Settlement Administrator may verify if you are a Settlement Class Member.

A proposed Settlement has been reached with Defendant The Regents of the University of California (“Defendant” or “Regents”) relating to a data security matter involving unauthorized access to certain employee email accounts at the University of San Diego Health (“UCSDH”) that was identified by Regents in the “Notice of Data Breach” letter sent on or about September 9, 2021 (“Data Security Incident”).

If you received a notice from Regents in or around September 2021 about the Data Security Incident, you are included in this Settlement as a “Settlement Class Member.”

Under the Settlement, Regents has agreed to establish a Settlement Fund to pay for:

1. a cash Monetary Payment for the alleged damages Settlement Class Members suffered as a result of having their information allegedly accessed or acquired without authorization during the alleged Data Security Incident, estimated to be between $169.69 and $33.94 if the claims rate is between 2% and 10%, before deducting payments for Documented Time and Out-of-Pocket Losses;




2. a cash payment of up to $175 for up to seven hours of documented time fairly traceable to the Data Security Incident, valued at $25 per hour;




3. a cash payment of up to $10,000 for out-of-pocket losses fairly traceable to the Data Security Incident;




4. the expenses associated with procuring two years of Medical Shield Complete on behalf of the participating Settlement Class Members; and




5. the costs of the settlement administration, court-approved attorneys' fees and expenses, and service awards for Class Representatives.

The Court in charge of this case has granted preliminary approval of the Settlement, but has not yet decided whether to grant final approval of the Settlement. No Settlement benefits or payments will be provided unless the Court grants final approval of the Settlement and the Settlement becomes final.

These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained by this website. If you are a Settlement Class Member, your legal rights will be affected by whether or not you take action. Please read this entire website carefully.