A Court has authorized this Settlement Website. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
If You Are A Person In The United States Whose Private Information Was Potentially Accessible As A Result of the Data Incident, Including If You Were Sent Notification from Defendant That Your Private Information Was Potentially Accessible As A Result of the Data Incident, You Are Eligible to Receive a Settlement Class Member Benefit from a Class Action Settlement
- A Court authorized this Notice to those that are eligible to receive Settlement Class Member Benefits from a proposed class action Settlement. The Action is titled Ganesh Sankar, Erika Titus-Lay, Jared Cavanaugh, and Kimberly Vongnalith v. California Northstate University, LLC, Lead Case No. 2:24-cv-00473-DAD-JDP and is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The persons that filed the class action lawsuit are called Plaintiffs or Class Representatives and the company they sued is California Northstate University, LLC (or Defendant). Defendant denies any wrongdoing whatsoever.
- Who is a Settlement Class Member?
All persons in the United States whose Private Information was potentially accessible as a result of the Data Incident, including those who were sent notification from Defendant that their Private Information was potentially accessible as a result of the Data Incident.
Excluded from the Settlement Class are (a) all persons who are governing board members of the Defendant; (b) governmental entities; and (c) the Court, the Court’s immediate family, and Court staff, and (d) any Settlement Class Member who timely and validly requests to opt-out from the Settlement.
- Settlement Class Members under the Settlement Agreement will be eligible to receive:
- Cash Payment A – Documented Losses: Settlement Class Members may submit a Claim for a Cash Payment for up to $5,000 per Settlement Class Member, upon submission of a Valid Claim and supporting documentation. Settlement Class Members will be required to submit reasonable documentation supporting the losses.
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- Cash Payment B – Flat Cash Payment: As an alternative to Cash Payment A – Documented Losses above, a Settlement Class Member may elect to receive Cash Payment B – Flat Cash Payment, which is a flat Cash Payment in an estimated amount of $100.
In addition to a Cash Payment, Settlement Class Members may select the following:
- Credit/Data Monitoring – Settlement Class Members may elect up to one (1) year of three-bureau Credit Monitoring that will provide the following benefits: three-bureau credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, identity theft insurance coverage for up to $1,000,000, and fully managed identity recovery services.
- Cash Payment A – Documented Losses: Settlement Class Members may submit a Claim for a Cash Payment for up to $5,000 per Settlement Class Member, upon submission of a Valid Claim and supporting documentation. Settlement Class Members will be required to submit reasonable documentation supporting the losses.
- To submit a Claim or obtain more information visit and review this website or call (833) 754-8080 to request a Claim Form no later than April 6, 2026.
Please read this Notice carefully. Your legal rights will be affected, and you have a choice to make at this time.
| Summary of Legal Rights | Deadline(s) | |
Submit a Claim Form
| The only way to receive a Settlement Class Member Benefit from the Settlement. | Submitted or postmarked on or before April 6, 2026. |
Exclude Yourself by Opting Out of the Class
| Receive no benefit from the Settlement. This is the only option that allows you to keep your right to bring any other lawsuit against Defendant relating to the Data Incident. | Mailed and postmarked on or before March 23, 2026.
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Object to the Settlement and/or Attend the Final Approval Hearing
| You can write the Court about why you agree or disagree with the Settlement or the Application for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs and Service Awards. The Court cannot order a different settlement. You can also ask to speak at the Final Approval Hearing on April 20, 2026, about the fairness of the Settlement, with or without your own attorney. | Mailed and postmarked on or before March 23, 2026. |
Do Nothing
| You will not receive any Settlement Class Member Benefit from this class action Settlement. | N/A |
- Your rights and options as a Settlement Class Member – and the deadlines to exercise your rights – are explained in this Notice.
- The Court still will have to decide whether to approve the Settlement. Payments to Settlement Class Members will be made only if the Court approves the Settlement and after any possible appeals are resolved.