Published
October 4, 2026
People in the U.S. who used Dental Intelligence’s LocalMed portal to schedule, modify or reschedule a dental appointment between March 2022 and June 2025 may qualify to claim a pro rata cash payment from the $5.75 million Dental Intelligence privacy class action settlement. Preliminary approval was granted September 24, 2026; notices go out by October 27, and claims are due January 25, 2027.
Current Status
Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted preliminary approval of the $5,750,000 settlement on September 24, 2026. The administrator, Simpluris, has until October 27, 2026 to launch the settlement website and begin sending notices; the website had not gone live as of October 4, 2026. The court has set January 25, 2027 as the claim deadline, December 28, 2026 as the deadline to opt out or object, and March 25, 2027 for the final approval hearing. No payments will go out unless the court grants final approval.Free settlement alerts
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Status
Claims Open by Oct. 27
preliminary approval granted September 24, 2026 · notices due by October 27, 2026
Claim Deadline
January 25, 2027
submitted online or postmarked by that date · opt-out and objection deadline December 28, 2026
Estimated Payout
Pro Rata Cash
an equal share of what remains of $5.75M after fees and costs · about 1.08 million class members · no per-person estimate yet
Proof Required
Yes — Notice ID Expected
claim form not public yet · claims are checked against Dental Intelligence’s class list · no receipts or losses to document
What Changed Recently?
Plaintiffs filed an unopposed motion for preliminary approval on September 22, 2026, after a full-day mediation with mediator Marc E. Isserles on July 7, 2026. Two days later the court granted it, provisionally certifying a nationwide settlement class, approving the notice plan and the claim form, and appointing Simpluris as administrator and Siri & Glimstad LLP as class counsel.The case was filed on March 7, 2025, as Theys v. Dental Intelligence, Inc., and originally also named two dental offices that used the scheduler. The current complaint, filed March 27, 2026, names only Dental Intelligence and is captioned Grivetti v. Dental Intelligence, Inc. It alleges that Google tracking tools on the LocalMed portal sent information patients typed in while booking, including their names, phone numbers, the dental providers they were seeing, the reasons for their visits and their insurance carriers, to Google without consent. The claims are invasion of privacy, negligence and violations of the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Dental Intelligence denies any wrongdoing or liability, and the court has not decided whether the allegations are true.
As part of the deal, Dental Intelligence says it removed the Google tracking technology named in the complaint and then took the LocalMed portal offline entirely. Class counsel must verify that before asking for final approval.
Who Qualifies?
The settlement class is all natural persons in the United States who used the LocalMed portal to schedule, modify or reschedule an appointment between March 2022 and June 2025 and whose dental information was allegedly disclosed or transmitted to Google or another unauthorized third party.LocalMed ran inside dental practices’ own websites, so most patients would have seen their dentist’s name on the booking screen rather than LocalMed’s. The settlement agreement also says the class does not include everyone who used the portal during that period, only people who used certain configurations of it. Dental Intelligence has given class counsel records showing 1,079,483 class members, and the administrator checks each claim against that list. The emailed or texted notice is therefore the clearest sign that someone is included.
Excluded are Dental Intelligence, the dental offices and other businesses covered by the release, the judge and court staff and their immediate families, and anyone who opts out.
How Much Can You Get?
Each class member who files a valid claim receives an equal, pro rata share of the net settlement fund. There is only one benefit: no tiers, no credit monitoring and no separate reimbursement for documented losses.The $5,750,000 fund is non-reversionary, so none of it goes back to Dental Intelligence. Before the claim payments are calculated, it pays:
• Notice and administration costs charged by Simpluris.
• Litigation expenses and service awards of up to $5,000 for each of the three class representatives.
• Attorneys’ fees of up to one-third of the net settlement fund, plus reasonable expenses, if the court approves them.
What is left is divided equally among valid claims. No per-person estimate has been published. The amount depends on how many of the roughly 1.08 million class members file; as with most privacy settlements, only a fraction usually do. Money from uncashed payments goes to a nonprofit that the parties agree on and the court approves, not back to the company.
What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?
No receipts or proof of harm are involved, because the settlement pays one flat pro rata share with no documented-loss tier. The claim form itself (Exhibit A to the settlement agreement) was not filed publicly with the agreement, and the settlement website has not launched, so the form’s exact fields are not yet known.The agreement does say how claims will be checked: Simpluris will decide whether each claimant is a class member using Dental Intelligence’s class list and the claim form. The list holds the name, phone number and email address of each class member, and notices go out by email or text from it. Settlements built this way usually ask for an identifier from the notice, so OCA lists Proof Required as Yes until the live claim form shows otherwise. This page will be updated when Simpluris publishes the form.
Claims that Simpluris finds incomplete are not thrown out right away. The agreement gives the claimant 20 days from a written deficiency notice to fix the problem.
What Is the Deadline?
Claims must be submitted online, or postmarked if mailed, by January 25, 2027, which is 90 days after the October 27, 2026 notice date. The court’s order gives dates only, with no time of day or time zone.Requests to be excluded and objections are due December 28, 2026. An exclusion request must be in writing, personally signed and postmarked by that date; group or “mass” opt-outs are not allowed. Objections must be filed with the court by the same date and include the information the preliminary approval order lists, such as proof of class membership and the grounds for objecting.
How Do You Take Action?
There is nothing to file yet. Simpluris has until October 27, 2026 to put the settlement website online and send notices by email or, where an email bounces, by text message. Once the site is live, a claim can be filed there or downloaded and mailed. Payment can be taken as a mailed check or an electronic payment such as PayPal, Venmo or a prepaid card. OCA will add the official link to this page as soon as the website launches.What Happens Next?
Notice is due to start by October 27, 2026. Class counsel’s fee and service-award request is due 14 days before the December 28, 2026 objection deadline, and the motion for final approval is due February 8, 2027. The final approval hearing is set for March 25, 2027 before Judge Jenkins in Chicago; the order does not give a time, and the court can move the hearing or hold it remotely without further notice to class members, with any change posted on the settlement website.Payments come only after the settlement becomes effective, which is seven days after final approval and the end of any appeal period. Dental Intelligence then has 14 days to deposit the remaining $5,350,000 (it pays $400,000 up front to cover notice and administration), and Simpluris pays valid claims as soon as practicable after that. An appeal would push everything back.
Sources and Verification
OCA built this page from the court record in Grivetti v. Dental Intelligence, Inc., No. 1:25-cv-02464 (N.D. Ill.):• Preliminary approval order (ECF 104, September 24, 2026), the source of the class definition and every deadline above.
• Settlement agreement and release (ECF 102-2), the source of the fund, the claim-review process, the fee and service-award caps and the payment timing.
• Second amended class action complaint (ECF 90, March 27, 2026), the source of the allegations.
• The full case docket on CourtListener.
The official settlement website, long-form notice and claim form have not been published yet.
Questions
What is the LocalMed portal?
LocalMed was an online appointment scheduler sold by Dental Intelligence, Inc. Dental offices installed it on their own websites so patients could book, change or cancel visits online, which means many patients used it without ever seeing the Dental Intelligence or LocalMed name. Dental Intelligence says it removed the Google tracking technology named in the lawsuit and has since taken the LocalMed portal offline.
How will class members find out they are included?
Dental Intelligence must give the administrator, Simpluris, a list of class members’ names, phone numbers and email addresses. Simpluris will email a short notice to each address on the list, send a text message if the email bounces, and mail a notice when a postal address can be found. Notices are due to start going out by October 27, 2026.
Does the settlement release claims against dental offices too?
Yes. The released parties include Dental Intelligence and every business that contracted with it to put the LocalMed portal on its website, which covers the dental practices that offered the scheduler. Class members who stay in the settlement give up claims against those offices over the alleged disclosures, too.
When will Dental Intelligence settlement payments be sent?
No payment date has been set. The final approval hearing is March 25, 2027. If the court approves the deal, the settlement becomes effective seven days after any time to appeal runs out, Dental Intelligence then has 14 days to pay the remaining $5.35 million into the fund, and Simpluris pays valid claims as soon as practicable after that, by check or an electronic option such as PayPal, Venmo or a prepaid card.
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Settlement Amount
$5,750,000
Case Title
Grivetti v. Dental Intelligence, Inc. (filed as Theys v. Dental Intelligence, Inc.)
Case Number
1:25-cv-02464
Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Final Approval Hearing
March 25, 2027
Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins · time not stated in the order
Administrator
Simpluris
Court Listener Docket
Theys v. Dental Intelligence
