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ECL PRIVACY BREACH LITIGATION

Case No. 1:22-cv-00468-CCE-JLW

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WELCOME TO THE SETTLEMENT WEBSITE FOR THE ECL PRIVACY BREACH LITIGATION.

If you are a physician or eyecare clinic who relied on ECL Group, LLC, and
affiliated entities for record-keeping and related practice management support
services, OR if you were a patient of a physician or eyecare clinic associated
with ECL, you could be entitled to a payment from a class action settlement.

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This website explains important legal rights you may have.
Your legal rights are affected whether you act or do not act.

Please read the Notice and this website carefully.

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A settlement has been reached resolving class action lawsuits claiming that ECL
Group, LLC, and affiliated entities (collectively, “ECL”), a record-keeping
vendor for top-rated eye care clinics across the country, lost control over
millions of patients’ highly sensitive personal information for a period of
months during a series of ransomware attacks (collectively, the “Data Breach”),
and that ECL suffered service outages as a result of the ransomware attacks,
which impacted eyecare physicians who relied on ECL for access to their patient
data.

Patient Class Members – If you are a Patient Class Member, you will be able to
file a claim for documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred because of the Data
Breach, up to $5,000. Whether or not you have incurred out-of-pocket expenses,
you can also file a Claim for a cash payment, with the amount of payment
depending on the number of Valid Claims received. The claims will be paid from
the “Patient Settlement Fund” of at least $2,616,783, to be funded by
Defendants’ insurance policies.

Physician Class Members – Physician Class Members can file a Claim for a cash
payment, with the amount of payment depending on the number of Valid Claims
received. The claims will be paid from the “Physician Settlement Fund,” which
shall consist of at least $1,460,449.50, to be funded by Defendants’ insurance
policies. If any additional funds become available through insurance coverage,
those funds will be added into the Physician Settlement Fund, up to $9,500,000,
inclusive of the initial payments. If you are a Physician Class Member who was
under contract with ECL as of April 2023, you can also file a claim for billing
credits with a total potential value of $5,739,500.


Your Legal Rights and Options in This Settlement

Summary of Legal Rights Deadline Submit a Claim Form

To get a settlement benefit, you must submit a timely and valid Claim Form.

Submitted online or postmarked (if mailed) on or before March 14, 2024.

Object

Tell the Court why you do not like the Settlement. You will still be bound by
the Settlement if the Court approves it.

Postmarked on or before January 15, 2024.

Go to a Hearing

If you are a Settlement Class Member and you file an Objection, you have the
right, but are not required, to attend the Final Approval Hearing. You must
state your intention to appear with your Objection.

February 13, 2024

Do Nothing

Get no settlement benefit. Be bound by the Settlement.


Important Note: The dates and deadlines may be changed without further notice to
the Settlement Class, so please check this Settlement Website, or the Court’s
Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) website at
https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov to confirm that the dates have not been changed.


These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained
further in the Notice and on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page of this
website.

The Court in charge of this case must still decide whether to approve the
Settlement and the requested attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses. No settlement
benefits or payments will be provided unless the Court approves the Settlement,
and it becomes final.


Current Status

The Settlement Administrator has begun providing notice as of November 16, 2023,
consistent with the Court’s Order on October 17, 2023.


Important Dates
 * January 15, 2024
   Deadline to Object to the Settlement
 * February 13, 2024
   Fairness Hearing
 * March 14, 2024
   Deadline to Submit a Claim Form



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Questions? Contact the Settlement Administrator at 1-877-328-5803 (Toll-Free).

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