LINQ Settlement Resolves Class Action Lawsuit Over Months-Long Data Breach

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EMS LINQ, LLC has agreed to a class action settlement to end a lawsuit that alleged the K-12 school administration software platform failed to protect sensitive student and employee information from a months-long data breach between September 2023 and May 2024.

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The LINQ class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on February 13, 2026. The deal covers all individuals who were sent written notice that their personal information was potentially accessed, viewed and/or obtained as a result of the LINQ data breach that occurred between September 12, 2023 and May 13, 2024.

The court-approved website for the LINQ data breach settlement can be found at LINQDataIncident.com

Class members can receive up to $500 for “ordinary” losses stemming from the LINQ data breach. The settlement agreement explains that this category covers costs like bank fees, phone charges, postage, travel, credit reports and identity theft insurance. Proof (e.g., credit card statements) must be submitted to claim this benefit.

In addition, class members can receive up to $2,500 for reimbursement of “extraordinary” expenses incurred due to the data breach that are not already covered by the “ordinary” loss benefit.

The agreement says that class members must also provide proof to receive compensation for extraordinary losses.

In lieu of a documented-loss payment, class members may instead file a claim form to receive an alternative $50 cash payment, with no proof required, the settlement website says.

In addition to monetary relief, all settlement class members may also elect on their claim form to sign up for one year of three-bureau credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

To file a LINQ data breach settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and log in using the unique ID and PIN as listed on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members may download a PDF of the claim form to print, fill out and return by mail to the settlement administrator.

All LINQ settlement claim forms must be submitted online or by mail by June 29, 2026.

Finally, the agreement notes that in the time since the data breach occurred, LINQ has implemented additional data security measures to strengthen the security of its systems.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the LINQ settlement following a hearing on June 23, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval is granted and any appeals are resolved.

The EMS LINQ class action lawsuit claimed that the education software company failed to implement proper cybersecurity measures to prevent a data breach between September 12, 2023 and May 13, 2024, during which cybercriminals allegedly accessed files containing the data of students and employees in districts that partnered with LINQ.

Per court documents, private information that may have been compromised during the eight-month data breach included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, bank account information, and other personal information.

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