$2.4M Anne Arundel Dermatology Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over 2025 Data Breach

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Anne Arundel Dermatology has agreed to a $2,400,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that alleged the practice failed to protect confidential patient information from a data breach that began in February 2025.

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The $2.4 million Anne Arundel Dermatology class action settlement received preliminary court approval on February 26, 2026. The deal covers all United States residents who provided sensitive information, e.g., personally identifiable and/or protected health information, to the dermatology provider, or about whom Anne Arundel Dermatology otherwise collected or received personal information, on or before December 9, 2025.

The court-approved website for the Anne Arundel Dermatology data breach settlement can be found at AnneArundelPrivacySettlement.com.

Per the website, more than 1.9 million people are covered by the Anne Arundel settlement.

According to the settlement agreement, class members who submit a timely, valid claim form can receive up to $5,000 for out-of-pocket losses arising from the data breach. The website says that the losses must have been incurred between February 14, 2025 and July 8, 2026.

This settlement benefit is meant to cover losses related to fraud or identity theft and expenses for credit reports and credit monitoring, attorney or accountant fees, bank charges, and more. The agreement states that class members must submit third-party documentation, such as receipts, to receive a documented-loss payment.

In lieu of a documented-loss payment, class members can instead submit a claim form to receive an alternative cash payment, estimated to be $100. There is no proof required to claim this benefit.

Court documents state that the final amount of the alternative cash payout may be reduced on a pro rata basis, depending on the total number of valid claims filed.

Finally, all class members may submit a claim form to receive an enrollment code for three free years of CyEx Medical Shield Complete, which includes identity theft insurance and access to fraud resolution agents.

To submit an Anne Arundel Dermatology settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and enter the settlement claim ID found on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF claim form to print, fill out and return by mail to the settlement administrator.

All Anne Arundel Dermatology settlement claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked no later than July 8, 2026.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Anne Arundel settlement following a hearing on July 16, 2026. Compensation will be distributed to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals are resolved.

The Anne Arundel Dermatology class action lawsuit alleged that the network of dermatology clinics, which has over 60 locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, negligently failed to implement reasonable cybersecurity measures to protect patients’ private health information, leading to a data breach between February 14, 2025 and May 13, 2025.

Per the filing, confidential information that may have been compromised in the Anne Arundel Dermatology data breach included names, addresses, dates of birth, patient ID numbers, medical record numbers, health history, and insurance information.

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