Yahoo data breach settlement

Yahoo settled a data breach claim that paid up to $25,000 per person. The claim window closed on July 20, 2020, so this one can no longer be claimed — but new settlements open all the time, and some are paying out right now. The free check tells you in seconds whether your email is in a breach that still pays.

The numbers

Maximum per person	$25,000
What it covered	Up to $25,000. Two years of credit monitoring or $100 to $358.80 cash; Lost time $25 per hour up to 15 hours or unpaid time off work at your actual hourly rate, whichever is greater; $25,000 in out-of-pocket losses.
Claim deadline (passed)	July 20, 2020
Final approval hearing	June 18, 2020
Case	In re: Yahoo Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation , Case No. 5:16-md-02752, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Who was covered

Those who used Yahoo services, including Yahoo Fantasy Sports, Yahoo Finance, Tumblr, and Flickr, between Jan. 1, 2012 and Dec. 31, 2016 and received notice that they had been affected by a data breach in 2016 or 2017.

Where to claim

The administrator’s site is YahooDataBreachSettlement.com. The window is closed, so it is there for the record, not to file.

Source: Top Class Actions

Being in the breach is not the same as being in the class. Class membership usually turns on having received the company’s own notice letter, and only the settlement administrator can confirm it. We are not lawyers, we take no fee from any claim, and we never file on anyone’s behalf.

Was your address in this breach?

This one is in the breach data we check against: 453,427 accounts. The check is free, takes seconds, needs no account, and we do not store your address.

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