![]() “In February 2022 - soon after the 49ers breach - Credit Wise (a credit monitoring service) informed Plaintiff Donelson that her Social Security number had been used on the ‘dark web,’” her complaint read.Īs a lead plaintiff, the settlement would pay her $2,500. According to her complaint, she provided personal information, like her social security number, to the 49ers as part of her job. One of the lead plaintiffs in the case, Samantha Donelson, works in events at the Atlanta Falcons. “As a result of these negotiations and the mediation, the Parties reached a settlement, which is memorialized in this settlement agreement.” “The Parties participated in a formal mediation … on January 23, 2023,” the settlement motion said. The deal also requires the 49ers, in addition to the new IT hires, to add “additional mandatory security training for all computer users within the organization, updates to security training policies, and technical enhancements and updates to password requirements and security monitoring.”Ī 49ers spokesperson said in a statement Thursday that the team “cannot comment on an ongoing piece of litigation other than to say we take seriously our responsibility to safeguard personal and sensitive information entrusted to us.” The plaintiffs’ settlement filing described it as an “unopposed motion,” and noted a mediation that occurred soon after the cases were filed. In response, several class actions were filed, and three were consolidated into the current case for the proposed settlement. When the team did notify affected individuals in August 2022, the club offered free credit monitoring for 12 months. The breach was well publicized at the time, news breaking shortly after the team’s loss in the NFC Championship Game. 11, 2022, the 49ers lost control over highly sensitive personal information in a data breach, and then failed to notify those individuals about it for over six months. 9, 2022, the lawsuit alleged that from Feb.
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