UFCW Local No. 7 Settlement Resolves Data Breach Lawsuit Over 2024 Cybersecurity Incident

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United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 7 has agreed to a class action settlement to resolve a lawsuit that alleged the private-sector labor union failed to adequately protect certain sensitive information from a December 2024 data breach.

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The UFCW Local No. 7 class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on September 15, 2026.

Eligible for the settlement are all living United States residents whose private information may have been impacted in the UFCW Local No. 7 data breach that took place on or around December 11, 2024.

Court documents state that the private information of approximately 55,900 people was accessed during the data incident.  

The court-authorized website for the UFCW Local No. 7 data breach settlement can be found at UFCW7DataSettlement.com.

Settlement class members who file a timely, valid claim form can receive up to $3,000 for unreimbursed, documented out-of-pocket losses from identity theft or fraud stemming from the data breach.

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

Class members can also file a claim form to receive reimbursement for up to three hours of lost time spent remedying issues related to the data breach, at a rate of $25 per hour.

In lieu of a documented-loss and/or lost-time payment, class members can submit a claim form to receive a $50 cash payment, with no proof required.

Lastly, class members can elect on their claim form to receive two years of one-bureau credit monitoring, which includes dark web monitoring, real-time authentication alerts, monitoring for high-risk transactions, lost wallet protection, and identity theft insurance.

To file a UFCW Local No. 7 settlement claim form online, class members can navigate to this page and enter the CPT ID and passcode 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 UFCW Local No. 7 settlement claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by December 14, 2026.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the UFCW Local No. 7 class action settlement following a hearing on January 13, 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 UFCW Local No. 7 class action lawsuit alleged that the labor organization, which represents workers in Colorado and Wyoming, failed to implement adequate cybersecurity measures to protect personal information in its care from a data breach that occurred on or around December 11, 2024.

Court documents state that private information that may have been compromised in the data incident included names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and Social Security numbers.

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