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If You Are a Person Impacted in the Data Breach that Occurred On or About January 26, 2022, 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 Wittmeyer, et al. v. Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, Heartland Alliance Health, Heartland Alliance International, LLC, Heartland Housing, Inc., and Heartland Human Care Services, Inc., Case No. 2025LA00000127 and is pending in the Circuit Court for Lake County, Illinois, Chancery Division. The people that filed the class action lawsuit are called Plaintiffs or Class Representatives and the companies they sued are Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, Heartland Alliance Health, Heartland Alliance International, LLC, Heartland Housing, Inc., and Heartland Human Care Services, Inc. (Heartland or Defendants). Defendants deny any wrongdoing whatsoever.
- Who is a Settlement Class Member?
All Persons impacted in the Data Breach that occurred on or about January 26, 2022.
Excluded from the Settlement Class are Defendants and their parents or subsidiaries, any entities in which they have a controlling interest, as well as their officers, directors, affiliates, legal representatives, heirs, predecessors, successors, and assigns. Also excluded are any Judge to whom this case is assigned as well as their judicial staff, immediate family members and Settlement Class Members who timely and validly exclude themselves from the Settlement.
- Settlement Class Members under the Settlement Agreement will be eligible to receive one or more of the following:
- Compensation for Documented Ordinary Losses: All Settlement Class Members who submit a Valid Claim, including necessary supporting documentation, are eligible for the following documented Ordinary Losses, not to exceed $1,000 per Settlement Class Member;
- Compensation for Documented Extraordinary Losses for a Victim of Actual Identity Theft: All Settlement Class Members who were the victim of actual documented identity theft and submit a Valid Claim, including necessary supporting documentation, are eligible for the following compensation for Extraordinary Losses, not to exceed $5,000 per Settlement Class Member, for proven monetary loss as a result of actual identity theft;
- Reimbursement for Lost Time: Settlement Class Members are also eligible to receive reimbursement for up to three (3) hours of lost time that they attest they spent responding to issues raised by the Data Breach (calculated at the rate of $22.50 per hour), but only if they spent at least one full hour dealing with the Data Breach. AND
- Identity Theft Protection and Credit Monitoring – Settlement Class Members may submit a Claim to accept two (2) years of three bureau credit monitoring services. Defendants will pay for the monitoring services separate and apart from other Settlement Class Member Benefits.
Defendants shall not be required to provide double payment for the same loss or injury that was reimbursed or compensated by any other source. No payment shall be made for emotional distress, personal/bodily injury, or punitive damages, as all such amounts are not recoverable.
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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 October 30, 2025. |
| Exclude Yourself by Opting Out of the Settlement 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 Defendants relating to the Data Breach. | Mailed and postmarked on or before September 30, 2025. |
| 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 November 19, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. CT. about the fairness of the Settlement, with or without your own attorney. | Mailed and postmarked on or before September 30, 2025. |
| Do Nothing | You will not receive any Settlement Class Member Benefit from this class action Settlement, but will remain a Settlement Class Member and be bound by the releases. | 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. Settlement Class Member Benefits will be made available only if the Court approves the Settlement and after any possible appeals are resolved.