Published
July 31, 2026
This $2,393,888.25 settlement resolves claims over the July 2023 data incident at Bradford-Scott Data, LLC — the credit union software company that does business as Sharetec. Roughly 245,527 people were notified, and if you were one of them you can claim an estimated $100 cash payment, up to $5,000 in documented losses, and three years of credit monitoring by October 7, 2026.
Current Status
Claims are open. The deadline to file online, by email, or by mail (postmarked) is October 7, 2026. The deadline to exclude yourself from or object to the settlement is September 7, 2026. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana has scheduled a final approval hearing for October 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time; no final approval order had been entered as of July 31, 2026. Payments will be distributed only if the court grants final approval and after any appeals are resolved, and no payment date had been announced as of July 31, 2026.
Status
Claims Open
Claim Deadline
October 7, 2026
Estimated Payout
~$100 or up to $5,000
Estimated $100 pro rata cash · up to $5,000 documented losses · 3 years of CyEx Financial Shield Complete monitoring ($1M fraud insurance) · $2,393,888.25 fund
Proof Required
Yes
Login ID & PIN from your notice to file online; receipts or bank statements for the documented-loss tier
What Is This Settlement About?
Bradford-Scott Data, LLC — an Indiana company that does business as Sharetec and supplies core data processing software to credit unions — has agreed to a class action settlement over a data incident on its network. According to the settlement agreement, Bradford-Scott became aware of potential unauthorized access to its network on or around July 2, 2023, and after an investigation determined on December 10, 2023 that personally identifiable information may have been accessed and copied. The information at issue may have included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, financial account information, credit card numbers, and debit card numbers.The company identified roughly 245,527 individuals whose private information may have been affected and began sending notice letters on February 13, 2024. Two class actions were filed and consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana as Webster, et al. v. Bradford-Scott Data, LLC. The complaint alleged negligence, negligence per se, breach of implied contract, invasion of privacy, unjust enrichment, and bailment; the court later allowed the negligence and negligence per se claims to proceed and dismissed the rest.
Bradford-Scott denies each of the claims and denies any liability or wrongdoing, and the court has not decided who is right. The parties settled after a second all-day mediation in October 2025, agreeing to a non-reversionary settlement fund of $2,393,888.25 to avoid the cost, risk, and delay of continued litigation. As part of the settlement, Bradford-Scott has also agreed to adopt and maintain information-security changes on its systems.
Who Qualifies?
The court has defined the settlement class as all persons who were affected by the data incident, including those who were sent a notice letter by Bradford-Scott concerning the data incident discovered on or around July 2, 2023. The settlement notice states that the company's records identify class members directly, so if you received a mailed notice with a Login ID and PIN, you have been identified as one.Because Bradford-Scott is a software vendor rather than a consumer-facing business, many class members never dealt with the company directly — their information sat on its network through a credit union or other financial institution they used.
Excluded from the class are Bradford-Scott and any entity in which it has a controlling interest, along with its officers, directors, legal representatives, successors, subsidiaries, and assigns; any judge or judicial officer presiding over the case, their immediate families, and their judicial staff; anyone who timely opts out; the attorneys representing the parties in the litigation; and any person found guilty under criminal law of initiating, causing, aiding, or abetting the data incident, or who pleads no contest to such a charge.
How Much Can You Get?
The settlement fund is first used to pay settlement administration costs, court-approved attorneys' fees and expenses, and service awards. What remains funds three benefits, and a class member can claim more than one:Pro rata cash payment — estimated $100. Any class member can claim a one-time pro rata cash payment with no proof or explanation. The settlement expects a significant amount to remain in the fund after all other expenses and benefits are paid, and that remainder is divided among everyone who claims this payment. The $100 figure is the settlement's estimate — the actual amount can be larger or smaller depending on how many valid claims are filed, and payments are adjusted up or down on an equal percentage basis.
Documented monetary losses — up to $5,000. If you had actual, documented out-of-pocket losses because of the data incident between July 2, 2023 and October 7, 2026, you can be reimbursed up to $5,000. Covered expenses include losses from identity theft or fraud; fees for credit reports, credit monitoring, or freezing and unfreezing your credit; the cost to replace your IDs; postage to contact banks by mail; unreimbursed bank fees; long distance phone charges; and gasoline for local travel. That list is illustrative rather than exhaustive — the settlement allows claims for any documented, unreimbursed out-of-pocket loss reasonably related to the incident or to mitigating it. You cannot claim expenses that were already reimbursed by another source.
Credit monitoring — three years. All class members are eligible to enroll in three years of CyEx Financial Shield Complete, which includes $1 million of financial fraud insurance and monitoring for fraud or identity theft, unauthorized financial transactions, and personal information tied to high-risk transactions. If something suspicious turns up, you can work with a fraud resolution agent.
The administrator pays documented monetary losses first, then credit monitoring, before calculating the pro rata cash payments — so the size of the estimated $100 payment depends on what is left after those benefits and the court-approved fees are covered.
What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?
Filing the online claim requires the Login ID and PIN printed on the notice that was mailed to you. Because the online portal is gated on that administrator-issued credential, this settlement is treated as proof-required, even though the pro rata cash payment itself asks for no documentation. If you cannot locate your Login ID and PIN, you can request them through the official settlement website by providing your full name and mailing address.The printable claim form marks the Login ID as optional, so a class member without one can still submit a signed paper claim by mail or email. Either way, a claim for documented monetary losses must include third-party proof — bank statements or receipts — showing how much you spent or lost and that the expense was because of the data incident. You may add your own notes to explain that proof, but notes alone are not enough to make a valid claim. If a claim form is incomplete or unsigned, the administrator will ask for the missing information and give you 21 days to fix it before rejecting the claim.
What Is the Deadline?
• Data Incident: discovered on or around July 2, 2023
• Exclusion (Opt-Out) & Objection Deadline: September 7, 2026
• Claim Deadline (online, by email, or postmarked): October 7, 2026
• Final Approval Hearing: October 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
The documented-loss window runs from July 2, 2023 through October 7, 2026. The notice warns that the hearing date and time can change without further notice, so check the official settlement website for the current schedule before you rely on it.
How Do You Take Action?
The fastest way to file is online at BradfordScottDataSettlement.com, using the Login ID and PIN from your notice. You can also download a printable claim form from the settlement website and return it by mail or email, or use the tear-off card attached to the mailed postcard notice to claim the credit monitoring and the pro rata cash payment. Documented-loss claims should be filed online or with the full claim form so the supporting records can be attached.The claim form asks how you want to be paid — PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, a virtual prepaid card, or a physical check. Only one claim form per class member is accepted. If you do nothing, you will not receive any payment or the credit monitoring, and you give up the right to sue Bradford-Scott over the claims this settlement covers.
What Happens Next?
The court will hold a final approval hearing on October 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time in Fort Wayne, Indiana, or by video or teleconference, to decide whether to approve the settlement, how much class counsel should be paid, and whether to award service payments. Class counsel has said it will ask the court to approve $797,962.75 in attorneys' fees — one-third of the fund — plus reimbursement of litigation expenses of up to $35,000, and service awards of $5,000 for each of the two class representatives, all paid from the settlement fund.If the court grants final approval, there may be appeals. Payments for valid claims are issued within 30 days of the settlement's effective date, or within 21 days of the date the claim is approved, whichever is later — and the effective date does not arrive until the judgment is final and any appeals are resolved. Settlement checks are void 90 days after issuance, so a class member who receives one should cash it promptly. No payment date had been announced as of July 31, 2026.
Related Data Breach Settlements
If you are tracking financial-sector data breach claims, several are open right now. The Heritage South Credit Union data breach settlement covers a February 2025 incident at an Alabama credit union and offers up to $2,000 in documented losses plus a free year of monitoring, and the OnePoint Patient Care data breach settlement pairs an estimated $100 no-documentation cash payment with a documented-loss tier on a nearly identical timeline. You can also browse the full data breach settlements tracker to see which claim windows are still open, sorted by deadline.Sources
• Official Settlement Website — Bradford Scott Data Settlement.com• Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement, Webster, et al. v. Bradford-Scott Data, LLC, Case No. 1:24-CV-00117-HAB-ALT (N.D. Ind., Fort Wayne Division)
• Class Action Settlement Agreement and Release, and the Data Incident Settlement Claim Form
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Questions
Why did I get a notice from a company I have never heard of?
Bradford-Scott Data, LLC does business as Sharetec and provides core data processing software to credit unions, so most class members were never its direct customers. Their information was held on Bradford-Scott's network through a financial institution they did business with. Bradford-Scott identified roughly 245,527 people whose private information may have been affected and began mailing notices on February 13, 2024.
Can I claim both the $100 pro rata payment and documented losses?
Yes. The settlement lets a class member elect the pro rata cash payment and documented monetary losses on the same claim form, and also enroll in the three years of credit monitoring. If a documented-loss claim is rejected and not cured, the settlement says the claim is treated as if the class member elected the pro rata cash payment only.
Could the $100 pro rata payment change?
Yes. The $100 figure is an estimate, not a guaranteed amount. The pro rata payment is whatever is left in the $2,393,888.25 fund after settlement administration costs, court-approved attorneys' fees and expenses, service awards, credit monitoring, and documented monetary losses are paid, divided among everyone who claims it. It can be adjusted up or down depending on how many valid claims are filed.
What happens if I lost the notice with my Login ID and PIN?
The online claim portal requires the Login ID and PIN printed on your notice. If you cannot find them, you can request them through the official settlement website by providing your full name and mailing address, or download the printable claim form from the settlement website, where the Login ID field is marked as optional, and mail it in with a postmark no later than October 7, 2026.
What did the court already decide in this case before the settlement?
The court denied Bradford-Scott's motion to dismiss as to the negligence and negligence per se claims and granted it as to the remaining claims, and denied the motion to strike. The parties then mediated twice; the first session in July 2025 was unsuccessful, and the case settled after an October 30, 2025 mediation when both sides accepted the mediator's proposal. The court has not decided whether Bradford-Scott did anything wrong, and Bradford-Scott denies all liability.
Official Settlement Notice
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Settlement Amount
$2,393,888.25
Case Title
Webster, et al. v. Bradford-Scott Data, LLC
Case Number
1:24-cv-00117-HAB-ALT
Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana (Fort Wayne Division)
Final Approval Hearing
October 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Fort Wayne, Indiana, or by video or teleconference
Administrator
Simpluris
Official Website
Bradford Scott Data Settlement.com
