King’s Seafood Class Action Settlement

Bowdle v. King’s Seafood Company, LLC, No. 8:21-cv-01784-CJC-JDE 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 

If your data was stored by King’s Seafood as of June 2021, you may be eligible for benefits from a class action Settlement.

A federal court authorized Notice. 

· A Settlement has been proposed in a class action against King’s Seafood Company, LLC (“King’s Seafood”) arising out of a June 2021 cyberattack during which unauthorized third parties gained access, beginning on June 4, 2021, to personally identifiable information (“PII”) stored by King’s Seafood (“Data Security Incident”). Th computer files accessed in the Data Security Incident may have contained names, Social Security numbers, payment card information, and driver’s license numbers or government-issued identification numbers.

· Plaintiff Jonathan Bowdle filed a class action on behalf of himself and those similarly situated and claims that King’s Seafood was responsible for the increased risk of identity theft stemming from the Data Security Incident and asserts claims for: (i) negligence; (ii) breach of implied contract; (iii) invasion of privacy; (iv) breach of confidence; (v) unjust enrichment; (vi) violation of the Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act; and (vii) violation of the Nevada Data Breach Law.

· If you received a notice from King’s Seafood concerning the 2021 Data Security Incident you are part of the Settlement Class and may be eligible for benefits.

· The Settlement provides reimbursement of up to $450 for out-of-pocket expenses fairly traceable to the Data Security Incident, up to $3,000 for documented unreimbursed extraordinary losses due to identity theft, compensation for up to three (3) hours for time spent dealing with the Data Security Incident at $20 per hour, and two (2) years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

· Your legal rights are affected regardless of whether you do or do not act. Read the Notice carefully.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT
SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM
Deadline: January 20, 2023
This is the only way to receive a payment.

EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE SETTLEMENT
Deadline: December 21, 2022
Get no benefits. This is the only option that may allow you to sue King’s Seafood over the claims being resolved by this Settlement.

OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT
Deadline: December 21, 2022
Write the Court with reasons why you do not agree with the Settlement.

GO TO THE FINAL APPROVAL HEARING
You may ask the Court for permission for you or your attorney to speak about your objection at the Final Approval Hearing.
DO NOTHINGYou will not get any compensation from the Settlement and you will give up certain legal rights.