In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Case No. 2:21-cv-02061
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
If you received a notice of Data Breach regarding the Data Breach from Personal Touch Holding Corp. (“PTHC”) on or around March 24, 2021, you may be eligible
for a class action settlement payment.
A Court authorized this website. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit about a Data Breach that occurred in or around January 2021, which potentially exposed personally identifiable information (“PII”) and/or protected health information (“PHI”) of patients and employees of PTHC or its subsidiaries (the “Data Breach”).
PTHC, through its subsidiaries, provides home health and home care personnel and related services to individuals in their homes. The circumstances giving rise to this case occurred in or about January 2021 and involved an unauthorized person who accessed PTHC’s private cloud hosted by its managed service providers and may have accessed private cloud business records of PTHC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. The exposed information may have included medical treatment information, insurance card and health plan benefit numbers, medical record numbers, first and last name, address, telephone numbers, date of birth, Social Security Numbers, and financial information, including check copies, credit card numbers, and bank account information. Subsequently, a lawsuit was filed against PTHC, alleging that it did not take appropriate care to protect the patients and employees from the Data Breach (the "Litigation").
PTHC denies all of the Plaintiff’s claims in the Litigation and maintains it did not do anything wrong but has agreed to settle the case to avoid the expense and burdens of litigation.
The settlement includes all Persons to whom PTHC sent notification, whether by direct written notice or substitute notice, that their personally identifiable information and/or protected health information may have been or was exposed to unauthorized third parties as a result of the Data Breach.
The settlement provides payments to individuals who submit Approved Claims for Out-of-Pocket Losses and Attested Time that are fairly traceable to the Data Breach or fairly traceable to receiving notice of the Data Breach.
The settlement also includes two years of Identity Defense Total Service for individuals whose personally identifiable information and/or protected health information was potentially exposed in the Data Breach. You must submit a Settlement Claim to receive this benefit.
Your legal rights are affected even if you do nothing. Read this website carefully.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT
Submit a Claim
The only way to get a payment and/or credit monitoring. You must submit a Settlement Claim by the Claims Deadline, May 21, 2024.
Ask to be Excluded
Get no payment. The only option that allows you to sue PTHC over the claims resolved by this settlement.
You must exclude yourself by the Opt-Out Date of May 21, 2024.
Object
Write to the Court about why you do not like the settlement.
You must object by the Objection Date of May 21, 2024.
Do Nothing
Get no payment. Give up rights.
These rights and options – and the deadlines to exercise them – are explained in this website.
The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to grant final approval of the settlement. Payments will only be made after the Court grants final approval of the settlement and after any appeals are resolved.
This website is authorized by the Court, supervised by counsel for the Parties and controlled by Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, the Settlement Administrator approved by the Court. This is the only authorized website for this case.
Call
(833) 462-3481
Mail
Personal Touch Holding Corp. c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC P.O. Box 225391 New York, NY 10150-5391
Click here to safely and securely submit a Claim Form.
Important Dates
Exclusion Date
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
You must complete and mail your opt-out request form so that it is postmarked no later than Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
Objection Date
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
You must mail your objection(s) and/or notice of intent to appear at the Final Approval Hearing so that it/they are postmarked no later than Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
Claims Deadline
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
You must submit your Claim Form online no later than Tuesday, May 21, 2024, or mail your completed paper Claim Form so that it is postmarked no later than Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
Final Approval Hearing Date
Monday, July 22, 2024
The Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for Monday, July 22, 2024. Please check this website for updates.
