$7.25 Million Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker Settlement Ends Data Breach Lawsuit

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Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker has agreed to pay a $7,250,000 settlement to resolve a proposed class action lawsuit that alleged the consulting and accounting firm was liable for a September 2023 data breach.

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The official website for the class action settlement can be found at BDSettlement.com.

The class members covered by the settlement include all individuals whose private information was potentially accessible to an unauthorized third party as a result of the Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker data breach that was discovered on September 14, 2023, including those who were sent notification of the incident.

The deal was preliminarily approved by the court in December 2024. If the settlement is granted final approval by the court at a hearing set for June 6, 2025, each class member who files a timely, valid claim form can to receive up to $5,000 for documented losses related to the Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker data breach.

Alternatively, eligible individuals can opt to receive a $100 cash payout, which may increase or decrease on a pro-rata basis depending on the number of valid claims that are submitted, the settlement website shares.

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Covered individuals can also submit a claim for three years of complimentary credit monitoring services.

Claim forms must be filed online or postmarked by May 22, 2025.

You can submit a claim online by clicking here. You’ll be asked to enter the notice ID and confirmation code found in the settlement notice you should have received. You can also download a claim form and send it in by mail.

Settlement benefits and cash payments will be sent to claimants only after the settlement receives final approval from the court and any appeals are resolved.

A consolidated class action complaint was filed against Portland, Maine-based Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker in June 2024. The lawsuit claims that cybercriminals hacked into the systems of co-defendant Reliable Networks, a technology consulting company and a managed service provider for Berry Dunn’s Health Analytics Practice Group. According to the case, the defendants failed to comply with industry-standard data security practices, resulting in the exposure of consumers’ names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, individual health insurance policy numbers and other personal details.

Head to ClassAction.org’s settlements page for a complete list of data breach settlements.