$1.1M Varsity Brands Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over 2024 Data Breach

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Varsity Brands, a school sports supplies retailer and manufacturer, will pay $1.1 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claims it failed to prevent a May 2024 data breach that allowed cybercriminals to access the sensitive personal information in Varsity Brands’ care.

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The Varsity Brands class action settlement received preliminary court approval on December 16, 2025 and covers all U.S. residents whose private data was potentially exposed in the Varsity Brands data breach.

The court-approved website for the Varsity Brands settlement can be found at VBDataIncidentSettlement.com.

Varsity Brands settlement class members who submit a timely, valid claim form will be able to receive a cash payment of approximately $100; up to $6,500 in reimbursement for documented, out-of-pocket losses related to the data breach; and two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

The approximately $100 cash payment may be increased or decreased on a pro rata, or equal-share, basis depending on the total number of valid claims filed.

Reimbursable out-of-pocket losses must be fairly traceable to the Varsity Brands data breach and may include:

• Long-distance telephone charges;
• Gasoline for local travel;
• Bank fees;
• Cell phone charges, if charged by the minute;
• Data charges, if charged by the amount of data used;
• Postage;
• Fees for credit reports, credit monitoring or other identity theft insurance products purchased between May 24, 2024 and April 15, 2026; and
• Losses resulting from fraud, identity theft or similar victimization as a result of the data breach.

Per the settlement agreement, the credit monitoring and identity theft protection services will include three-bureau credit monitoring and $1,000,000 in identity theft protection insurance.

To submit a claim form, class members can visit this page of the settlement website and log in with their last name and the unique notice ID found in their copy of the settlement notice.

All claim forms must be submitted online by April 15, 2026.

Varsity Brands has also agreed, as part of the settlement, to implement system and business practice changes to help prevent future data breach incidents.

A hearing is scheduled for May 13, 2026 to determine whether the settlement will receive final court approval. Settlement benefits will begin to be distributed only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The Varsity Brands class action lawsuit alleged that the company failed to prevent a data breach that occurred on May 22, 2024 and allowed cybercriminals to access sensitive private data stored in Varsity Brands’ internal systems, including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, credit card information, financial account information and health insurance data.

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