Hampton Regional Medical Center Settlement: $250K Data Breach Deal Ends Litigation Over 2025 Incident

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Hampton Regional Medical Center has agreed to a $250,000 class action settlement to end litigation that alleged the South Carolina not-for-profit community hospital failed to adequately safeguard private information from a data breach that occurred between June and July 2025.

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The Hampton Regional Medical Center class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on August 13, 2026. Eligible for the settlement are all living United States residents whose private information was impacted in the Hampton Regional Medical Center data breach.

The court-authorized Hampton Regional Medical Center class action settlement website can be found at HRMCDataSettlement.com.

Settlement class members who file a timely, valid claim form can receive up to $5,000 for documented, unreimbursed losses incurred due to the data breach.

Class members must submit proof, such as receipts, to receive a documented-loss payment.

In lieu of a documented-loss payment, class members can submit a claim form to receive an estimated $20 cash payment, with no proof required.

The final amount of each class member’s payment may be increased or decreased on a pro rata (proportional) basis depending on the total number of valid claims filed, among other factors.  

Lastly, all class members can elect on their claim form to receive one year of one-bureau credit monitoring, which includes medical identity monitoring, real-time alerts, and medical identity theft insurance.

To file a Hampton Regional Medical Center settlement claim form online, class members can navigate to this page and enter the class member ID found on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF claim form to print, complete, and return by mail to the settlement administrator.

All Hampton Regional Medical Center settlement claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by January 11, 2027.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Hampton Regional Medical Center data breach settlement following a hearing on January 25, 2027. Settlement benefits will begin to be made available to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The Hampton Regional Medical Center class action lawsuit alleged that the not-for-profit community hospital in Varnville, South Carolina, failed to implement adequate cybersecurity measures to safeguard personal information from a data incident that occurred between June 18 and July 16, 2025.

Court documents state that sensitive information that may have been compromised in the data breach included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license or state ID numbers, medical information, and other demographic information.

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