People notified that their private information was involved in the July–August 2025 cyberattack on Jack’s Family Restaurants, LP may qualify to claim a $55 cash payment, or instead up to $4,080 in documented losses and lost time, plus three years of credit monitoring. Claims close November 30, 2026.
Current Status
Claims are open. The deadline to file is November 30, 2026 — online claims must be submitted by that date, and mailed claim forms must be postmarked by it. The deadline to opt out of the settlement or to object to it is November 13, 2026. The court has scheduled a final approval hearing for December 15, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET; no final approval order has been entered, and no payment date has been announced. Filing online requires the LoginID and PIN printed on the notice sent to class members, so anyone who still has that notice should keep it before starting a claim.Free settlement alerts
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What Changed Recently?
The court authorized notice to the settlement class, which opened the claim window and put the official settlement website, the long-form notice, the claim form and the settlement agreement in front of class members for the first time. The underlying case is a consolidated data breach class action captioned In re Jack’s Family Restaurants, LP Data Breach Litigation, No. 2:25-cv-01861-LCB, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.Jack’s denies that it did anything wrong, and the court has not decided who is right. The parties say they agreed to settle to avoid the costs, risks, disruptions and uncertainties of continuing the litigation. Class members who already received a notice directly from Jack’s about the incident may now receive a second notice, this one from the settlement administrator, carrying the credentials needed to file.
Who Qualifies?
The court defined the settlement class as all persons residing in the United States whose private information was compromised by the data incident, including all persons who were sent notice of the data incident. The incident was a targeted cyberattack on Jack’s computer systems that the notice places at approximately July 24 through August 10, 2025. Files accessed during that window may have contained names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, and bank account information used for direct deposit of wages — the specific categories varied by individual, so not every class member’s file held every type.Three groups are excluded: directors, officers and employees of Jack’s; the judge assigned to the case, that judge’s immediate family and court staff; and any class member who properly opts out. Anyone unsure whether they are in the class can check through the contact options on the official settlement website.
How Much Can You Get?
The settlement pays through one credit monitoring benefit and three cash routes, and the cash routes do not all stack.Every settlement class member is eligible for three years of identity theft protection and credit monitoring. The notice describes the service as potentially including real-time monitoring of a credit file at a credit bureau, dark web scanning with notification of potential misuse, public record monitoring, identity restoration and recovery services, and $1,000,000 in identity theft insurance with no deductible.
Cash Payment A covers documented out-of-pocket losses caused by the incident, up to $4,000. The notice gives examples: unreimbursed charges from banks or credit card companies, unreimbursed costs to replace a driver’s license, Social Security number or other identification, unreimbursed costs for credit reports, and unreimbursed costs for credit monitoring or identity theft protection first purchased between July 24, 2025 and the claims deadline. That last category has an extra condition — proof of purchase plus a written statement that the service was bought primarily because of this incident.
Cash Payment B reimburses lost time at $20.00 per hour for up to four hours spent responding to the incident, a maximum of $80.00. It can be claimed on its own or on top of Cash Payment A, so the combined documented-loss ceiling is $4,080.
Cash Payment C is a flat $55.00 alternative cash payment, available in lieu of both A and B. For a class member with no receipts and no meaningful time to document, it is the practical route; for one with real out-of-pocket losses, the documented path is worth more but requires third-party records.
The notice does not publish a total settlement fund figure, and it describes no pro rata reduction of the cash tiers. Class counsel will ask the court to approve attorneys’ fees of up to $351,000.00 plus reasonable costs, which the notice says Jack’s will pay, and service awards of $2,500.00 for each class representative, which the notice says would come from the settlement fund. All of those amounts are requests — the court decides them at the final approval hearing.
What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?
Filing online is gated. The settlement website states that to start the online claim form a class member must log in with a LoginID and PIN, both printed on the notice that was sent to them. That makes this a proof-required settlement even for the $55 alternative cash payment, which itself asks for no receipts: someone who never received a notice cannot log in.A class member who cannot locate those credentials can request them from the settlement administrator through the contact options on the official settlement website, and a printable claim form can be downloaded from the same site and mailed instead of filing online.
Documentation is separate from that login gate. Cash Payment A requires third-party documentation such as receipts to verify the costs claimed. The notice is explicit that self-prepared documents may be submitted to clarify or support other documentation but are not sufficient on their own to make a valid claim. The $55 alternative cash payment and the lost-time reimbursement do not call for receipts, though the claim form is signed under penalty of perjury.
What Is the Deadline?
The claim deadline is November 30, 2026. An online claim form must be submitted by that date; a mailed claim form, with any supporting documentation, must be postmarked no later than that date. The notice does not specify a timezone for the claim deadline.The deadline to exclude yourself from the settlement or to object to it is November 13, 2026, and an opt-out request must be postmarked by that date. Opting out preserves the right to sue Jack’s separately but forfeits every settlement benefit; objecting keeps a class member in the settlement and bound by its terms. A class member who objects may still file a claim. A class member who opts out cannot object, because the settlement no longer affects them.
How Do You Take Action?
Claims are filed through the official Jack’s Data Breach Settlement website, which hosts the claim portal, the long-form notice, the claim form and the settlement agreement. Have the notice at hand for the LoginID and PIN, decide between the documented route and the $55 alternative cash payment before starting, and decide separately whether to elect the credit monitoring, which is claimed on the same form. A printable claim form is available on the same site for anyone who prefers to file by mail.What Happens Next?
The next scheduled milestone is the final approval hearing on December 15, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in Huntsville, or by videoconference if the court so orders. Class members are not required to attend. At that hearing the court will decide whether to approve the settlement, how much class counsel is paid, whether to award service awards, and will consider any objections. The notice warns that the hearing date and time may change without further notice.If the court grants final approval, benefits are distributed after that order and after any appeals are resolved. The notice says it is not known whether appeals will be filed or how long they would take. No payment date has been announced as of September 14, 2026.
This is one of a run of employee-side breach settlements moving through the claims stage — the Peco Foods data breach settlement and the Central Valley Meat data breach settlement follow the same shape, and OCA tracks the full set on its data breach settlements hub.
Sources and Verification
· Official Jack’s Data Breach Settlement website — home page, FAQs, important dates and claim form login· Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement, In re Jack’s Family Restaurants, LP Data Breach Litigation, No. 2:25-cv-01861-LCB (embedded below)
· Settlement Agreement and Claim Form, linked from the Important Documents page of the official settlement website
· FTC — Identity Theft and Online Security
Questions
Can I take the $55 alternative cash payment and also claim lost time?
No. The notice describes the $55 Alternative Cash Payment as available in lieu of both Cash Payment A for documented losses and Cash Payment B for lost time, so the three cash routes do not stack. Documented losses and lost time can be combined with each other: a class member may submit a documented-loss claim and also claim up to four hours at $20 an hour.
Does claiming credit monitoring reduce the cash payment?
No. The notice presents the three years of identity theft protection and credit monitoring as a benefit every settlement class member is eligible for alongside a cash payment, rather than as an alternative to one. A class member may claim credit monitoring and either the documented-loss and lost-time route or the $55 alternative cash payment.
What if I never received a notice with a LoginID and PIN?
The online claim form cannot be started without the LoginID and PIN printed on the notice. The settlement website explains that class members who cannot locate their credentials can request them from the settlement administrator using the contact options on the official settlement website, and that a printable claim form can be downloaded and mailed instead.
Does the settlement cover bank account information used for direct deposit?
Yes. The notice lists bank account information used for direct deposit of wages among the categories of private information that may have been in the files accessed during the incident, alongside names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and phone numbers. The categories varied by individual, so not every class member’s file contained every type.
How large is the settlement fund?
The notice does not state a total settlement fund figure. It says Jack’s will cause the settlement benefits to be paid, that class counsel will ask the court to approve attorneys’ fees of up to $351,000 plus reasonable costs to be paid by Jack’s, and that service awards of $2,500 for each class representative would be paid from the settlement fund. Because no aggregate figure is published, the notice also describes no pro rata reduction of the cash tiers.
