$2.6M Long Island Plastic Surgical Group Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Jan. 2024 Data Breach

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Long Island Plastic Surgical Group has agreed to pay $2,600,000 to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged the plastic surgery practice failed to protect the sensitive patient information stored on its systems from a January 2024 cyberattack.

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The $2.6 million Long Island Plastic Surgical Group class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on January 29, 2026 and covers all living individuals in the United States whose personal information was compromised in the data breach suffered by the practice on or around January 4, 2024.

The court-approved website for the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group (LIPSG) data breach settlement can be found at LIPSGSettlement.com.

Per the settlement site, LIPSG settlement class members who file a timely, valid claim form have multiple options for reimbursement.

Class members who submit with their claim form proof of documented monetary losses stemming from the data breach are eligible to receive a one-time cash payment of up to $5,000 from the settlement. According to the settlement agreement, class members must submit third-party documentation, such as invoices or receipts, to receive compensation for unreimbursed losses related to fraud or identity theft. The agreement states that reimbursable expenses include professional fees, credit repair services, credit freezes, credit monitoring costs and miscellaneous expenses such as travel and postage.

In lieu of a documented-loss payment, class members may file a claim to receive a one-time alternative payment from the settlement with no proof required. The final amount of this payment, the agreement outlines, will be a pro rata (equal share) portion of the net settlement fund after the payment of attorneys’ fees, settlement administration costs, lead plaintiff service awards and all other settlement benefits.

In addition to either cash payment option, class members whose clinical photographs were compromised in the breach may submit a claim for an additional cash payment of up to $1,000. Settlement documents note that this cash payment may be reduced pro rata depending on the amount remaining in the settlement fund.

To submit a Long Island Plastic Surgical Group settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and log in using the unique ID and PIN found on their received copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF of the claim form from the site to print, fill out and return by mail to the address of the settlement administrator listed at the top of the document.

All LIPSG settlement claim forms must be submitted online or by mail by May 18, 2026.

Finally, as part of the settlement, LIPSG has agreed to implement enhanced data security procedures; the company will pay for these updates independently of the settlement fund.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the LIPSG settlement following a hearing on June 2, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to consumers only after final approval has been granted and any appeals are resolved.

The Long Island Plastic Surgical Group class action lawsuit claimed that the plastic surgery group, operating multiple practices across the tri-state area, failed to implement reasonable cybersecurity safeguards to protect sensitive patient information stored on its systems from a data breach that occurred sometime between January 4, 2024 and January 8, 2024.

According to the settlement agreement, the private patient information that may have been compromised during the breach included full names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, contact information, driver’s license numbers, medical information, health insurance information, financial information and clinical photographs of patients.

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