Published
July 13, 2026
If you got a notice that your information was involved in the January 2025 Excel Fitness data breach, you can claim a $50 cash payment with no proof — the deadline is September 21, 2026.
What Is This Settlement About?
Excel Fitness Consolidator, LLC, which does business as Excel Fitness Management, LLC, has agreed to a class action settlement to resolve claims arising from a data incident it discovered in January 2025. According to the settlement notice, a targeted cyberattack on Excel Fitness' computer systems accessed certain files that may have contained personal information, including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, financial account information, and Social Security numbers.The named plaintiffs allege that Excel Fitness failed to adequately protect that information. Excel Fitness denies that it did anything wrong, and the court has not decided who is right. The two sides agreed to settle to avoid the cost, risk, and uncertainty of continued litigation. If you received a notice about this settlement, you can file a claim for a cash payment and enroll in credit monitoring.
Status
Claims Open
Claim Deadline
September 21, 2026
Estimated Payout
~$50 cash or up to $4,000 documented
$50 alternative cash (no proof) · or up to $4,000 documented losses + up to $75 lost time · plus 2 years of CyEx Financial Shield Complete monitoring with $1M insurance · $175,000 aggregate cap (pro rata if exceeded)
Proof Required
No
The $50 alternative cash payment needs no proof or documentation, and the Unique ID from your notice is optional; only the up to $4,000 reimbursement tier requires receipts
What Happened?
The settlement notice describes a targeted cyberattack on Excel Fitness' computer systems in January 2025. During the incident, certain files were accessed that may have contained personal information such as names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, financial account information, and Social Security numbers.Because the affected data came from the company's records, the people covered by the settlement are current and former Excel Fitness employees. Exposure of a name together with a Social Security number or financial account details is the type of information that can be misused for identity theft and fraud, which is the harm the lawsuit and this settlement are meant to address.
Who Qualifies?
The court has defined the settlement class as all current and former employees residing in the United States whose personal information was potentially accessible in the data incident Excel Fitness discovered in January 2025, including all those individuals who received notice of the incident. If you received a settlement notice, you have been identified as a class member.Excluded from the class are the judge in the case and the judge's family and staff, Excel Fitness and its officers, directors, and related companies, and anyone who validly opts out of the settlement. If you are not sure whether you are a class member, you can ask for free help through the official settlement website's contact page.
How Much Can You Get?
This settlement offers a choice of cash benefits plus credit monitoring. You can pick the simple flat payment, or instead claim reimbursement for documented losses and lost time:• Alternative cash payment — about $50: a one-time payment expected to be $50, with no proof or explanation required. The final amount may be larger or smaller depending on how many claims are filed. You cannot combine this with the reimbursement or lost-time options below.
• Out-of-pocket and extraordinary losses — up to $4,000: reimbursement for actual, documented, unreimbursed losses fairly traceable to the breach — for example fraud losses, fees for credit reports or credit freezes, the cost to replace IDs, and postage — for losses incurred between January 17, 2025 and September 21, 2026. Documentation such as bank statements or receipts is required, and you cannot claim expenses already reimbursed by a third party.
• Lost time — up to $75: up to 3 hours of time spent responding to the data incident, paid at $25 per hour. You must attest that the time was spent as a result of the incident.
• Two years of credit monitoring: every class member can enroll in two years of CyEx Financial Shield Complete, which includes $1,000,000 in identity theft insurance and access to a fraud resolution agent.
There is a $175,000 aggregate cap on the cash benefits. If the total value of valid claims exceeds $175,000, each person's cash payment will be reduced pro rata so that the payments add up to that cap. Check the official settlement website for the current benefit terms before you file.
What Proof Do I Need?
You do not need any documentation to claim the $50 alternative cash payment, and the Unique ID printed on your notice is optional on the claim form — you provide it only if you have it. That makes the base cash benefit a no-proof claim.You only need documentation if you instead choose the reimbursement tier: to claim up to $4,000 for out-of-pocket and extraordinary losses, you must send proof, such as bank statements or receipts, showing the amount you spent or lost because of the incident. Self-made notes can support other proof but are not enough on their own. The lost-time claim requires only your attestation that the time was spent responding to the data incident.
Important Dates
• Data Incident Discovered: January 2025
• Exclusion (Opt-Out) & Objection Deadline: August 21, 2026
• Claim Deadline: September 21, 2026
• Final Approval Hearing: February 4, 2027
Dates can change if the court adjusts the schedule. Check the official settlement website for the current deadlines before you file.
How to File a Claim
File your claim online at ExcelFitnessDataSettlement.com, or download a paper claim form from the settlement website and mail it to the settlement administrator. If you are claiming the up to $4,000 reimbursement, include documentation of your losses. On the claim form you can select how you want to be paid — PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, a virtual prepaid card, or a physical check. The deadline to file is September 21, 2026. If you do nothing, you will not receive a payment or the monitoring, and you give up your right to sue Excel Fitness on your own over this incident.The Attorneys and Costs
The court appointed William B. Federman of Federman & Sherwood as Class Counsel to represent the class. Class Counsel will ask the court to approve $150,000 in attorneys' fees and litigation costs, and service awards of $3,000 for each of the class representatives. Excel Fitness will pay these amounts; they do not reduce the cash benefits available to class members. You will not be charged for Class Counsel's services, but you may hire your own lawyer at your own expense if you wish.Related Data Breach Settlements
If you are tracking data breach settlements with open claim windows, several others are worth a look, including the Central Valley Meat data breach settlement, another employee HR-file breach that offers the same CyEx monitoring, the Serviceaide data breach settlement, and the American Consumer Credit Counseling data breach settlement. You can also browse the full data breach settlements tracker to see which claim windows are still open.Sources
• Official Settlement Website — ExcelFitnessDataSettlement.com• Class Action Settlement Notice and Claim Form, Kessler, et al. v. Excel Fitness Consolidator, LLC d/b/a Excel Fitness Management, LLC, Case No. CJ-2026-1077 (District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma)
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Official Settlement Notice
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Settlement Type
Claims-made settlement — $175,000 aggregate cap on cash benefits
Case Title
Kessler, et al. v. Excel Fitness Consolidator, LLC d/b/a Excel Fitness Management, LLC
Case Number
CJ-2026-1077
Court
District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Final Approval Hearing
February 4, 2027
Official Website
Excel Fitness Data Settlement.com
