American Consumer Credit Counseling Data Breach Settlement
- Defendant
- American Consumer Credit Counseling, Inc.
- Total fund
- Not disclosed
- Claim deadline
- September 16, 2026
- Proof required
- Partial (base payment needs no documents)
- Country
- United States
- Official site
- acccsettlement.com
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What this settlement is about
Nonprofit debt-counseling agency ACCC suffered a January 2025 intrusion that put sensitive client identifiers, from Social Security numbers to payment card details, at risk, prompting the Dinkel class action in Massachusetts state court. The parties reached a settlement now awaiting an October 8, 2026 final approval hearing. Notified individuals are automatically in the class and must submit a claim by September 16, 2026 to collect anything. The administrator's site does not publish a total fund figure or fixed payout amounts.
Who is eligible
Anyone who was notified that their personal details, potentially including Social Security, driver's license, financial account, or payment card numbers, may have been exposed in ACCC's January 2025 data incident.
Estimated payout
Settlement benefits are available to notified class members who file; specific amounts were not published on the administrator's site.
No payment amount is ever guaranteed. Pro rata payouts shrink as more valid claims come in, and every payment waits on final court approval and any appeals.
Proof requirements
Partial proof: the base payment does not require documents, but higher payment tiers (such as documented-loss reimbursement) do. You can usually file the simple tier with just the claim form, or attach records to claim more.
Key dates
| Claim deadline | September 16, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Final approval hearing | October 8, 2026 |
Sources
Last verified August 3, 2026 against the official settlement administrator site.JoinCase is an information service, not a law firm, and is not affiliated with this settlement, its administrator, the court, or any party. Deadlines can change; the official administrator site controls. Nothing here is legal advice, and no payment is guaranteed.