Living U.S. residents who were sent notice by Trustees of Dartmouth College in November 2025 that their information may have been exposed in the Oracle E-Business Suite data incident may qualify to claim an estimated $75, up to $5,000 in documented losses, and two years of credit monitoring from a $750,000 class action settlement. Claims close October 21, 2026, and the final approval hearing is set for November 5, 2026.
Current Status
Claims are open. The claim form has to be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on October 21, 2026, or mailed to the settlement administrator postmarked by that same date. October 6, 2026 is the deadline to exclude yourself or to object. The Honorable Alan D. Albright has scheduled the final approval hearing for November 5, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. No final approval order has been entered and no payment date has been announced. Nothing in this settlement is paid automatically, so a class member who wants the cash or the credit monitoring has to file a claim.Free settlement alerts
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What Changed Recently?
Trustees of Dartmouth College has agreed to a $750,000 settlement resolving the claims against it in In re Oracle Corporation Data Breach Litigation, a consolidated case in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The court authorized notice to the class, and the claim period is now running.According to the settlement notice, the case concerns a cybersecurity incident involving Oracle E-Business Suite, the enterprise software Dartmouth used. The notice describes the incident as resulting from a zero-day — that is, previously unknown — vulnerability in the Oracle EBS software that allowed an unauthorized actor to access certain Private Information from the environments of many of Oracle's EBS customers, Dartmouth's among them. Dartmouth sent notice of the incident in November 2025. Private Information is defined for this settlement as personally identifiable information consisting of some combination of names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and financial account information.
Dartmouth is one of a number of defendants in the consolidated litigation that used Oracle's EBS application, and this settlement covers the claims against Dartmouth alone. Dartmouth denies the legal claims and denies any wrongdoing or liability. The court has not decided in favor of either side and has made no determination that any law was violated; the parties agreed to settle to avoid the risk, cost and time of continuing the case. The notice also states that a class member's decision to stay in the class or to exclude themselves will not affect their ability to participate in any future settlement with a non-settling defendant.
Who Qualifies?
The settlement class is every living individual residing in the United States who was sent notice by Dartmouth that their Private Information may have been impacted in the data incident. Membership turns on having been sent that notice, which is also what carries the credentials needed to file online.The notice excludes five groups from the class: Dartmouth's directors, officers, members and agents, along with its subsidiaries, affiliated companies and any entity in which Dartmouth has a controlling interest; governmental entities; the judge assigned to the case, that judge's immediate family and court staff; anyone a court of competent jurisdiction finds guilty under criminal law of initiating, causing, aiding or abetting the incident, or who pleads nolo contendere to such a charge; and any class member who validly and timely excludes themselves.
How Much Can You Get?
The settlement offers three benefits, all elected on the same claim form.Cash Payment A reimburses documented out-of-pocket losses related to the data incident, up to $5,000 per class member. The notice gives telephone records, correspondence including emails, and receipts as examples of reasonable documentation. A personal certification, declaration or affidavit does not count as documentation on its own, though it may be submitted to give context to other records. Expenses already reimbursed from another source cannot be claimed again, including anything covered by the credit monitoring and identity theft protection product Dartmouth offered with its notification letter.
Cash Payment B is pro rata cash in the estimated amount of $75, with no documentation required. That figure is an estimate, and the notice says the payment is subject to a pro rata increase or decrease depending on the total value of all valid claims. The administrator first pays settlement administration costs, valid Cash Payment A and credit monitoring claims, and any attorneys' fees, costs and service awards the court awards out of the $750,000 fund; the pro rata cash is calculated from what is left.
The third benefit is two years of credit monitoring with one credit reporting agency, with dark web monitoring added. The notice says the product also provides $1,000,000 of identity theft insurance, $1,000,000 in unauthorized electronic funds transfer reimbursement, real time monitoring, and victim and security freeze assistance. The settlement website describes Cash Payment B as something a class member may also submit a claim for, and describes the credit monitoring as available in addition to Cash Payment A and Cash Payment B. If a Cash Payment A claim arrives without supporting documentation, or is rejected and not cured, the administrator processes the claim form as a Cash Payment B claim, provided a timely and valid Cash Payment B claim was submitted.
Class counsel will ask the court for attorneys' fees of up to one-third of the settlement fund plus reimbursement of reasonable costs, and for service awards of up to $3,000 each for the class representatives. Those amounts come out of the same $750,000, and the court may award less than what is requested.
What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?
Filing online requires the Unique ID and PIN printed in the email notice or postcard notice Dartmouth's administrator sent. The claim portal will not open a claim form without both, so a class member who never received the notice or no longer has it cannot file on the website. The alternative is the paper claim form, which is posted on the Documents page of the official settlement website and can be filled out, signed and mailed to the administrator.Because the online route is gated on an administrator-issued credential, this page is marked Proof Required: Yes even though the $75 pro rata payment itself asks for no documentation. Documentation is a separate requirement, and it applies only to the Cash Payment A option for out-of-pocket losses.
What Is the Deadline?
Claim forms must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on October 21, 2026, or mailed to the settlement administrator postmarked by October 21, 2026. Late submissions will not be accepted.Requests for exclusion must be postmarked by October 6, 2026, and objections must be filed with the court and sent to class counsel, Dartmouth's counsel and the administrator by that same date. The notice points out that mail is postmarked when it reaches a processing facility rather than when it is dropped off, so anyone relying on a postmark deadline should mail well ahead of it, ask for a hand postmark at a post office, or use certified mail.
How Do You Take Action?
Claims are filed through the official Oracle Dartmouth Data Settlement website. Start at the Submit a Claim page, enter the Unique ID and PIN from the notice, select the benefits being claimed, and upload documentation if Cash Payment A is one of them. The administrator emails a confirmation code once the claim is submitted, which is worth keeping in case a question comes up later.Anyone filing on paper can download the claim form from the Documents page of that same website, fill it out, sign it, date it and mail it to the administrator at the address printed on the form. Class members who move or change email addresses after filing are responsible for telling the administrator, which the same website explains how to do.
What Happens Next?
The court will hold the final approval hearing on November 5, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time before Judge Albright in the Austin Division of the Western District of Texas. At that hearing the court considers whether the settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate and rules on class counsel's application for fees, costs and service awards. Timely objections are considered, and an objector who asked to speak may be heard at the court's discretion.The notice warns that the hearing date and time can change without further notice to the class, and that the court may hold it by video conference or telephone, so the official settlement website is the place to confirm both. Benefits are distributed after the settlement is approved and becomes final, which also depends on any appeals being resolved. No payment date had been announced as of September 21, 2026.
Sources and Verification
• Official Settlement Website: Oracle Dartmouth Data Settlement, administered by Epiq• Court-approved Notice of Settlement (PDF) — In re Oracle Corporation Data Breach Litigation (Dartmouth), Case No. 1:25-cv-01805-ADA-SH (W.D. Tex.)
• Settlement Agreement (PDF), including the release terms described in Section XIII
• Official settlement website Home, FAQ, Documents and Submit a Claim pages, which carry the class definition, benefit tiers, deadlines and filing instructions
• Class Counsel: Kopelowitz Ostrow P.A., Milberg PLLC, The Lanier Law Firm, PLLC and Kendall Law Group, PLLC
• Open Class Actions — data breach settlements hub
Questions
Is the Dartmouth settlement the same as the $115 million Oracle privacy settlement?
No. They are separate cases with separate class definitions. The $115 million settlement resolved privacy claims against Oracle itself over the collection and sale of consumer data, its claim window has closed, and payments are scheduled. This $750,000 settlement resolves claims against Trustees of Dartmouth College only, over the Oracle E-Business Suite data incident Dartmouth gave notice of in November 2025, and its claims are open until October 21, 2026. Being in one class does not put a person in the other.
Can I claim the documented losses, the pro rata cash and the credit monitoring?
The official notice describes Cash Payment B, the estimated $75 pro rata cash, as something a class member may also submit a claim for, and describes the two years of credit monitoring as available in addition to Cash Payment A and Cash Payment B. Each benefit is elected on the same claim form. A Cash Payment A election has to be supported by reasonable documentation of the loss; if that documentation is missing or the claim is rejected and not cured, the administrator processes the claim form as a Cash Payment B claim, provided a timely and valid Cash Payment B claim was submitted.
What if I never received the Dartmouth notice or lost the Unique ID and PIN?
The class is limited to living U.S. residents Dartmouth sent notice to, and the online claim form cannot be started without the Unique ID and PIN printed in the email notice or postcard notice. Someone who was notified but no longer has those credentials can download the paper claim form from the Documents page of the official settlement website and mail it instead, or use that site's contact page to ask the administrator about class membership. A person Dartmouth never notified is not in the settlement class.
Could the estimated $75 payment change?
Yes. The $75 is an estimate, and the notice says the payment is subject to a pro rata increase or decrease depending on the total value of all valid claims. The administrator first pays settlement administration costs, valid Cash Payment A and credit monitoring claims, and any attorneys' fees, costs and service awards the court awards out of the $750,000 fund; the pro rata cash is calculated from what remains, so more valid claims mean a smaller share and fewer mean a larger one.
What does objecting to the Dartmouth settlement require?
An objector has to stay in the settlement class, file a written objection with the court by October 6, 2026 and serve it on class counsel, Dartmouth's counsel and the administrator by that date. The objection must identify the case, show class membership, state every ground for the objection, list the objector's lawyers and any prior objections by the objector or those lawyers in the past five years, and carry the objector's own signature. It must also disclose any use of artificial intelligence in researching or drafting it, including which platforms were used. Class counsel and Dartmouth's counsel may take discovery from an objector.
