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The Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) agreed to a $3.6 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that it failed to prevent a 2022 data breach.
The settlement benefits individuals whose personal information was compromised in the 2022 data breach disclosed by the Washington State Department of Licensing in February 2022.
Plaintiffs in the data breach class action lawsuit claim that the Washington Department of Licensing could have prevented the security incident through reasonable cybersecurity measures but failed to do so out of negligence. The 2022 data breach compromised sensitive information such as licensing information, Social Security numbers, birth dates and ID numbers.
The Washington Department of Licensing is responsible for issuing driver’s licenses, vehicle registrations and more.
The Washington DOL hasn’t admitted any wrongdoing but agreed to a $3.6 million settlement to resolve the data breach class action lawsuit.
Under the terms of the settlement, class members can receive up to $7,500 for documented breach-related expenses such as bank costs, credit fees, fraudulent charges, identity theft costs and up to four hours of lost time at a rate of $35 per hour.
If additional funds remain in the settlement after reimbursement, class members may receive an additional pro rata payment of up to $300 from the residual funds.
Class members can also receive two years of free identity theft protection and credit monitoring. This service includes dark web monitoring, identity recovery services and $1 million in identity theft insurance.
The deadline for exclusion and objection is Aug. 9, 2023.
The final approval hearing for the Washington Department of Licensing data breach settlement is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2023.
In order to receive settlement benefits, class members must submit a valid claim form by Oct. 9, 2023.
Who’s Eligible
Individuals whose personal information was compromised in the 2022 data breach disclosed by the Washington State Department of Licensing in February 2022
Potential Award
$7,500
Proof of Purchase
Documentation of data breach-related expenses
Claim Form
NOTE: If you do not qualify for this settlement do NOT file a claim.
Remember: you are submitting your claim under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. If you’re unsure if you qualify, please read the FAQ section of the Settlement Administrator’s website to ensure you meet all standards (Top Class Actions is not a Settlement Administrator). If you don’t qualify for this settlement, check out our database of other open class action settlements you may be eligible for.
Claim Form Deadline
10/09/2023
Case Name
Garcia, et al. v. Washington Department of Licensing, Case No. 22-2-05635-5 SEA, in the Washington Superior Court for King County
Final Hearing
09/15/2023
Settlement Website
Claims Administrator
Garcia v. Washington State DOL
c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC
P.O. Box 225391
New York, NY 10150-5391
833-747-6403
Class Counsel
Kim D Stephens
Kaleigh N Boyd
TOUSLEY BRAIN STEPHENS PLLC
Timothy Emery
EMERY REDDY PLLC
Anderson Berry
CLAYCO C ARNOLD PLC
Defense Counsel
SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP
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26 thoughts onWashington Department of Licensing data breach $3.6M class action settlement
Am waiting my payment
Did you get additional notification of approval or amount? The only thing I e received was the initial mailer advising I was affected
I’m excited to start !
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I never received the postcard
Please add me I’m eligible and also did not receive my postcard
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I believe that the massive fraudlent unemployment claims in 2020 stem from this very same cyber attack. The DOL is tied to fingerprint and background checks. Hundreds plus of washington state workers whose ide tity was stolen and then used to make fraudulent unemployment claims, are fingerprinted and have their background check completed from directions via the DOL web site . The WSP and FBI then preform the actual fingerprint and if warranted background checks. According to Washington unemployment, the ” massive leak of individual personal info happened at some other agencies cyber attack. The DOL cyber attack happened in January 2020, this is approximately 4 months before the WA unemployment fraudulent claims using the teachers and firefighters identity happened. I want be added to this or a new investigation ve opened for what I’ve just talked about. I spent many many hours in an attempt to clearing my identity. Watching credit reports,trying to file unemployment myself, dealing with rejection, freezing( which is easy) my credit report and then trying to unfreeze it( which is not so easy and time consumming). Countless hours of .y time and health spent on something because the state did not protect me. They can see clearly that I was working when the fraudulent claim was made using my identity. How could anyone of those workers approve an unemployment claim using my identity. Pandemic is no excuse. Teachers were working, firefighters were working. Washington State had lazy workers and lazy system and I had to pay for it with my personal mental and emotional health.
Didn’t receive my postcard please add me as well
I never received a postcard with a claim ID but I should be eligible.
I never received my claim ID # either
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