Class action settlement
CUSO Financial Services - Data Breach Class Action Settlement
You may be able to claim a piece of this settlement if your personal information was exposed in a data breach that affected CUSO Financial Services between December 19, 2023 and January 19, 2024.
Who qualifies and how to claim
Sinitsa v CUSO Financial Services, L.P., Case No. VCU326251 California Superior Court, County of Tulare
You may be eligible for cash payment and/or Credit Monitoring Services from CUSO Financial Services, L.P. but you need to act.
There is a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit, Stan Sinitsa v. CUSO Financial Services, L.P., Case No. VCU326251 pending in California Superior Court, County of Tulare (“Action”). The proposed settlement would resolve a lawsuit against CUSO Financial Services, L.P. (“CUSO”) in connection with a cybersecurity incident involving a third-party service provider that occurred between December 19, 2023, and January 19, 2024, which CUSO disclosed in October 2024 (“Cybersecurity Incident”). CUSO denies all material allegations in the Action, including any allegations of negligence, fault, wrongdoing, or liability, and believes that it would have prevailed on the merits and that a class would not be certified for trial. This Class Notice explains the nature of the Action, the terms of the settlement, and your legal rights and obligations.
The Court has made no determination regarding the merits of any claims in this lawsuit. This settlement resolves disputed legal claims without any admission of liability.
This website is provided as a service to eligible settlement class members. The information provided is in summary form and is not intended as a complete explanation of your rights. For full and complete information, you are directed to review carefully the Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement .
What Are My Options?
— Deadline: November 16, 2026
The only way to be eligible to receive a Settlement Payment from this settlement is by submitting a timely and valid Claim Form.
— Deadline: October 1, 2026
You can choose to opt out of the settlement and receive no payment. This option allows you to sue, continue to sue, or be part of another lawsuit against CUSO related to the legal claims resolved by this settlement. You can elect to have your own legal counsel at your own expense.
If you do not opt out of the settlement, you may object to it by writing to the Court about why you don’t like the settlement. You may also ask the Court for permission to speak about your objection at the Final Approval Hearing. If you object, you may also file a claim for a Settlement Payment.
Unless you opt out of the settlement, you are automatically part of the settlement. If you do nothing, you will not get a payment from this settlement and you will give up the right to sue, continue to sue, or be part of another lawsuit against CUSO related to the legal claims resolved by this settlement. This includes releasing all claims, known and unknown, arising from the Cybersecurity Incident, including waiving rights under California Civil Code §1542.
Documents & history
What has happened
- Claim deadline Deadline · upcoming
Documents
- Settlement Agreement Settlement agreement · official settlement site
- Preliminary Approval Order Court order · official settlement site
- Notice Notice · official settlement site
- Claim Form Claim form · official settlement site
Court filings come from the court's public docket through the free RECAP archive; official documents from the settlement administrator's own site. Other dates come from the official settlement site and the summary above. Nothing here is legal advice.
Where this information comes from
- Official settlement websitecusocybersecurityincident.com