Central Valley Meat Co. Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over May 2024 Data Breach

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Central Valley Meat Company has agreed to a settlement to conclude a class action lawsuit that alleged the meat wholesaler failed to protect current and former employees’ private information from a May 2024 data breach.

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The Central Valley Meat Co. class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on April 24, 2026. The deal covers all United States citizens who received a data breach notice letter from Central Valley on or around December 30, 2024.

Court documents state that approximately 18,821 current and former employees were affected by the breach.

The court-approved website for the Central Valley Meat Co. class action settlement can be found at CentralValleyDataSettlement.com.

Central Valley settlement class members who submit a timely, valid claim form can receive up to $5,000 for extraordinary out-of-pocket losses incurred between May 23, 2024 and September 28, 2026 due to the data breach. This benefit covers losses resulting from fraud or identity theft and costs for credit reports, credit monitoring, freezing or unfreezing credit, replacement IDs, postage and more.

As part of this benefit, class members can claim up to two hours of lost time spent responding to the data breach at a rate of $25 per hour, subject to the $5,000 payout cap.

Class members must submit proof, such as bank statements or receipts, to receive an extraordinary-loss payment.

In addition, class members who were California residents at the time of the breach can file a claim to receive a $75 cash payment due to state-specific statutory requirements.

To submit a Central Valley Meat Co. settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and enter the login ID and PIN 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 Central Valley claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by September 28, 2026.

Finally, all class members will automatically receive an enrollment code on their copy of the postcard notice for two years of CyEx Identity Defense Complete, which includes one-bureau credit monitoring, identity theft insurance, dark web scanning, and public records monitoring.

The court will determine whether to grant the Central Valley settlement final approval following a hearing on August 28, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The Central Valley Meat Co. class action lawsuit alleged that the California-based cattle processor and meat wholesaler failed to implement reasonable cybersecurity measures to protect the private information of current and former employees and others from a May 2024 data breach.

Per court filings, private information that may have been compromised in the breach includes names and Social Security numbers.

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