Central Maine Data Security Litigation

A court authorized the Notice because you have the right to know about the Settlement of this class action lawsuit and about all of your rights and options before the Court decides whether to grant Final Approval to the Settlement. The Notice explains the lawsuit, the Settlement, your legal rights, what Settlement Class Member Benefits are available, who is eligible for the Settlement Class Member Benefits, and how to get them.

The Honorable Thomas McKeon of the Business and Consumer Court for Androscoggin County, Maine, is overseeing this class action. The lawsuit is known as In re Central Maine Data Security Litigation, Docket No. ANDSC-CIV-2025-00083 (“Action”). The individuals who filed this lawsuit are called the “Plaintiffs” and/or “Class Representatives”, and the companies sued, Central Maine Healthcare Corporation d/b/a Central Maine Healthcare and Central Maine Medical Center, are called the “Defendants.”

Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against the Defendants on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated involving the potential unauthorized access to Settlement Class Members’ Private Information from approximately March to June of 2025. Private Information means information collected and/or maintained by Defendants, including names combined with any other type of private health information or non-public personally identifiable information.

Defendants deny the legal claims and deny any wrongdoing or liability. The Court has not made any determination regarding any wrongdoing by Defendants or that any law has been violated. Instead, the Plaintiffs and Defendants have agreed to a settlement to avoid the risk, cost, and time of continuing the lawsuit.

The Plaintiffs and Defendants do not agree about the legal claims made in this lawsuit. The lawsuit has not gone to trial, and the Court has not decided in favor of the Plaintiffs or Defendants. Instead, the Plaintiffs and Defendants have agreed to settle the lawsuit. The Class Representatives, Defendants, and their lawyers believe the Settlement is best for the Settlement Class because of the Settlement Class Member Benefits available and the risks and uncertainty associated with continuing the lawsuit.

In a class action, one or more people (called class representatives) sue on behalf of all people who have similar legal claims. Together, all these people are called a class or class members. One court resolves the issues for all class members, except for those class members who timely exclude themselves (opt out) from the class.

You are included in the Settlement Class if you are an individual residing in the United States whose Private Information may have been impacted in the Data Incident and to whom Defendants sent an individual notification that you were affected by the Data Incident.

Yes. Excluded from the Settlement Class are (a) all persons who are directors and officers of Defendants; (b) governmental entities; and (c) the Judge assigned to the lawsuit, that Judge’s immediate family, and Court staff.

If you are still not sure whether you are a Settlement Class Member, you may call toll-free 1-877-385-9773.

The Settlement Benefits

If you are a Settlement Class Member, you can submit a Claim Form for the following Settlement Class Member Benefits:

Cash Payment A – Documented Losses

You may submit a Claim Form with reasonable documentation for losses traceable to the Data Incident for up to $5,000 per Settlement Class Member.

You will not be reimbursed for expenses if you have been reimbursed for the same expenses by another source.

If you do not submit reasonable documentation supporting a loss, or if your Claim Form is invalid as determined by the Settlement Administrator, and you do not cure your Claim Form, your Claim Form will be processed as if you elected Cash Payment B – Alternate Cash.

Cash Payment B – Alternate Cash

Instead of selecting Cash Payment A, without documentation, you may submit a Claim Form to receive a pro rata (a legal term meaning equal share) Cash Payment in the estimated amount of $50.

Medical Records Monitoring

In addition to Cash Payment A (Documented Losses) or Cash Payment B (Alternate Cash), you may also submit a Claim Form to receive one year of free Medical Records Monitoring.

Your Cash Payment may be subject to pro rata increase if the amount of Valid Claims does not use the entire Settlement Fund, calculated after payment for Medical Records Monitoring has been subtracted. Alternatively, if the amount of Valid Claims exceeds the amount of the Net Settlement Fund, calculated after payment for Medical Records Monitoring has been subtracted, your Cash Payment may be subject to a pro rata reduction.

For purposes of calculating the pro rata increase or decrease, the Settlement Administrator must distribute the funds in the Net Settlement Fund first for payment of Medical Records Monitoring and then for Cash Payments. Any pro rata increases or decreases to Cash Payments will be on an equal percentage basis.

Injunctive Relief

Defendants are implementing additional security measures following the Data Incident.

Unless you exclude yourself (opt out), you will remain in the Settlement Class. If the Settlement is approved and becomes final, all Court orders and any judgments will apply to you and legally bind you. You will not be able to sue, continue to sue, or be part of any other lawsuit against the Released Parties about the Released Claims in this lawsuit. The specific rights you are giving up are called “Released Claims.”

Section XII of the Settlement Agreement describes the Releases, Released Claims, and Released Parties, in necessary legal terminology, so please read this section carefully. The Settlement Agreement is available here. For questions regarding the Releases, Released Claims, or Released Parties and what the language in the Settlement Agreement means, you can contact Class Counsel listed below for free, or you can talk to your own lawyer at your own expense.

How to Get Benefits from the Settlement

You must submit a timely and valid Claim Form to receive any Settlement Class Member Benefits as described above. Your Claim Form must be submitted online here by September 28, 2026, or mailed to the Settlement Administrator at the address on the Claim Form, postmarked by September 28, 2026. Claim Forms are also available here or by calling 1-877-385-9773 or by writing to:

Central Maine Data Security Litigation
Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 2417
Portland, OR 97208-2417

Please note per the United States Postal Service, mail may not be postmarked the day it is deposited in a mailbox or at a local post office. Postmarks occur when mail reaches a processing facility. To meet a postmark deadline, mail at least a week prior to a postmark deadline, get a manual postmark in-person at any post office, or send via Certified Mail.

If you change your mailing or email address after you submit a Claim Form, it is your responsibility to inform the Settlement Administrator of your updated information. You may notify the Settlement Administrator of any changes by writing to:

Central Maine Data Security Litigation
Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 2417
Portland, OR 97208-2417

If you file a timely and valid Claim Form, the Settlement Class Member Benefits will be provided after the Settlement is approved by the Court and becomes final.

It may take time for the Settlement to be approved and become final. Please be patient and check this website for updates.

Exclude Yourself or Opt Out of the Settlement

If you are a member of the Settlement Class and want to keep any right you may have to sue or continue to sue the Released Parties on your own about the legal claims in this lawsuit or the Released Claims, you must take steps to get out of the Settlement. This is called excluding yourself from—or “opting out” of—the Settlement.

To exclude yourself from the Settlement, you must mail a written request for exclusion, that includes the following:

1. Your name, address, telephone number, and email address (if any)
2. Your personal physical signature
3. A statement that you want to be excluded from the Settlement Class, such as “I hereby request to be excluded from the Settlement Class in the In re Central Maine Data Security Litigation.”

The exclusion request must be mailed to the Settlement Administrator at the following address, and be postmarked by September 13, 2026:

Central Maine Data Security Litigation
Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 2417
Portland, OR 97208-2417

You cannot opt out (exclude yourself) by telephone or email.

“Mass” or “class” requests for exclusion filed by third parties on behalf of a “mass” or “class” of Settlement Class Members or multiple Settlement Class Members where the opt out has not been signed by every individual Settlement Class Member will not be allowed.

Please note per the United States Postal Service, mail may not be postmarked the day it is deposited in a mailbox or at a local post office. Postmarks occur when mail reaches a processing facility. To meet a postmark deadline, mail at least a week prior to a postmark deadline, get a manual postmark in-person at any post office, or send via Certified Mail.

No. If you opt out, you will not be able to receive Settlement Class Member Benefits, and you will not be bound by the Settlement or any judgments in this lawsuit. You can only get Settlement Class Member Benefits if you stay in the Settlement and submit a timely and valid Claim Form.

No. Unless you opt out, you give up any right to sue the Defendants and Released Parties for the legal claims this Settlement resolves and Releases, and you will be bound by all the terms of the Settlement, proceedings, orders, and judgments in the lawsuit. You must opt out of this lawsuit to start or continue your own lawsuit or be part of any other lawsuit against the Defendants and Released Parties about the Released Claims in this Settlement. If you have a pending lawsuit, speak to your lawyer in that lawsuit immediately.

If you are a Settlement Class Member, you can tell the Court you do not agree with all or any part of the Settlement and/or Application for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Service Awards.

To object, you must file your timely written objection with the Court as provided below by September 13, 2026, and send a statement that you object to the Settlement In re Central Maine Data Security Litigation, Docket No. ANDSC-CIV-2025-00083, by First-Class Mail to Class Counsel, Defendants’ Counsel, and the Settlement Administrator postmarked by or shipped by private courier (such as FedEx by September 13, 2026.

To file an objection, you cannot exclude yourself from the Settlement Class. Your objection must include all the following information:

1. Your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address (if any)
2. All grounds for the objection, accompanied by any legal support for the objection known to you as the objector or your own lawyer (if any);
3. The number of times you have objected to a class action settlement within the five years preceding the date of the filed the objection, the caption of each case in which you have made the objection, and a copy of any orders related to or ruling on your prior objections that were issued by the trial and appellate courts in each listed case
4. The identity of all lawyers representing you (if any), including any former or current lawyers who may be entitled to compensation for any reason related to the objection to the Settlement and/or Application for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Service Awards
5. The number of times your lawyer or your lawyer’s law firm have objected to a class action settlement within the five years preceding the date of the filed objection, the caption of each case in which your lawyer or the firm has made such objection and a copy of any orders related to or ruling upon your lawyer’s or the lawyer’s law firm’s prior objections that were issued by the trial and appellate courts in each listed case
6. The identity of all lawyers representing you (if any) and whether they will appear at the Final Approval Hearing
7. A list of all people who will be called to testify at the Final Approval Hearing in support of the objection (if any)
8. A statement confirming whether you intend to personally appear and/or testify at the Final Approval Hearing
9. Your signature as the objector (a lawyer’s signature is not sufficient)

Class Counsel and/or Defendants’ Counsel may conduct limited discovery on any objector or objector’s lawyer, including the taking of depositions and requiring the production of documents.

To object, you must file your timely written objection with the Court by September 13, 2026, and send it by mail to Class Counsel, Defendants’ Counsel, and the Settlement Administrator postmarked by or shipped by private courier (such as FedEx) by September 13, 2026, at the following addresses:

Objecting is simply telling the Court that you do not like something about the Settlement. You can object only if you stay in the Settlement Class. Opting out is telling the Court that you do not want to be part of the Settlement Class. If you opt out, you cannot object because you are no longer part of the Settlement.

Yes. The Court has appointed Mariya Weekes of Milberg PLLC and Jeff Ostrow of Kopelowitz Ostrow PC as Class Counsel to represent you and the Settlement Class for the purposes of this Settlement. You may hire your own lawyer at your own cost if you want someone other than Class Counsel to represent you in this lawsuit.

Class Counsel will file a motion asking the Court to award attorneys’ fees of up to one-third of the Settlement Fund, plus reimbursement of reasonable costs. Class Counsel will also ask the Court to approve the Service Awards for the Class Representatives for up to $2,500 each for their efforts. If awarded by the Court, the attorneys’ fees and costs and Service Awards will be paid from the Settlement Fund. The Court may award less than these amounts.

The Final Approval Hearing

The Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing to decide whether to approve the Settlement and the Application for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Service Awards. You may attend and you may ask to speak if you file an objection by the deadline, but you do not have to.

The Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing on October 28, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. before the Honorable Thomas McKeon at the Androscoggin County Superior Court, 2 Turner Street, Auburn, ME 04210. At this hearing, the Court will consider whether the Settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate and decide whether to approve the Settlement and the Application for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Service Awards.

If there are objections that were filed by the deadline, the Court will consider them. If you file a timely objection, and you (or your lawyer) ask to speak at the hearing, the Court, at its discretion, may hear objections at the hearing.

Note: The date and time of the Final Approval Hearing are subject to change without further notice to the Settlement Class. The Court may also decide to hold the hearing via video conference or by telephone. You should check this website to confirm the date and time of the Final Approval Hearing have not changed.

No. Class Counsel will answer any questions the Court may have. However, you are welcome to attend at your own expense. If you file an objection, you do not have to attend the Final Approval Hearing to speak about it. If you file your written objection by the deadline, the Court will consider it.

24. If there are objections filed by the deadline, the Court will consider them. If you file a timely objection, and you (or your lawyer) ask to speak at the hearing, the Court, at its discretion, may hear objections at the hearing.

Get More Information

This website summarizes the Settlement. Complete details about the Settlement are provided in the Settlement Agreement. The Settlement Agreement and other related documents are available here, or by calling toll-free 1-877-385-9773, or by writing to:

Central Maine Data Security Litigation
Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 2417
Portland, OR 97208-2417