You do not have to have been a Planned Parenthood patient to claim from this $6.1 million settlement. The claim form has a third eligibility route most people miss: anyone who paid for lab testing on behalf of a patient. A spouse, a partner or a parent who covered the bill is inside the class even though the tests were not theirs — and unlike most breach settlements, all three benefits here stack on one form.
Status: Claims open | Claim deadline November 24, 2026 | Opt out or object by October 26, 2026 | Fund: $6,100,000, non-reversionary
Why a Lab You Never Heard Of Has Your Records
Laboratory Services Cooperative is a Washington nonprofit that runs laboratory testing for certain Planned Parenthood member affiliates. That is the whole explanation for why a case against a laboratory reaches people who never dealt with a laboratory: the testing was ordered through a health center, and the records sat with LSC.
LSC identified suspicious activity on its network on October 27, 2024, and later determined that patient and worker files may have been accessed and taken. It disclosed the incident publicly on April 10, 2025. Eight putative class actions followed in the Western District of Washington beginning April 16, 2025 — starting with Daniels v. Laboratory Services Cooperative, the caption many readers will recognize from a claim page — and all eight were consolidated on May 29, 2025. A mediation on December 10, 2025 did not resolve the case, but negotiations continued and the parties signed this agreement in July 2026.
The consolidated case is In re Laboratory Services Cooperative Data Breach Litigation, No. 2:25-cv-00685-BJR, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The complaint alleges LSC failed to adequately protect the information it held. LSC denies all claims and all charges of wrongdoing or liability, and the agreement states expressly that the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing or an indication that LSC violated any law. No court has found that LSC did anything unlawful.
Three Ways In, Not One
The Settlement Class is all U.S. residents whose personal information was potentially compromised as a result of the incident LSC became aware of on or about October 27, 2024. The definition turns on whose records were in the affected files — not on how the person came into contact with LSC.
In practice the claim form sorts class members into three groups, and a yes to any one of them is a route in:
- Current and former employees of Laboratory Services Cooperative.
- People who visited a Planned Parenthood health center and received lab testing services.
- People who paid for lab testing services on behalf of a patient who visited a Planned Parenthood health center.
That third group is the one this page leads with, because it is the one that gets skipped. Someone who covered a partner’s, a spouse’s or an adult child’s testing bill is a class member in their own right. Class members in the patient and payor groups are asked for the patient’s name, date of birth, and the city and state of the health center visited.
Not Every Planned Parenthood Center Was Involved
The notice is explicit that the incident did not involve every Planned Parenthood health center or every test done at one — only the centers that used LSC for some lab testing. The settlement agreement names the affiliates taking part in the health-center notice:
- Planned Parenthood California Central Coast
- Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky
- Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois
- Planned Parenthood North Central States
- Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
Those affiliates are among the released parties, alongside LSC. The class excludes the presiding judge together with immediate family and court personnel working on the matter; LSC, its corporate relatives and any entity in which LSC or its parent companies hold a controlling interest, with their current and former officers and directors; and anyone who files a valid exclusion request by the opt-out deadline.
The Benefits Stack — That Is the Unusual Part
Most data breach settlements make you choose: a flat payment or a documented-loss payment, one instead of the other. This one does not. The claim form carries a separate checkbox for each benefit, and the agreement describes class members as able to submit claims for out-of-pocket losses, a cash payment and the monitoring together.
| Out-of-pocket losses — up to $5,000 | Documented, unreimbursed costs reasonably incurred as a result of the incident. The notice lists unreimbursed losses relating to fraud or identity theft; professional fees including attorneys’, accountants’ and credit-repair fees; the cost of freezing or unfreezing credit with a reporting agency; credit monitoring bought on or after the incident through the date of the claim; and incidentals such as notary, fax, postage, copying and mileage. |
| Cash fund payment — up to $1,000 | A pro rata payment available to every class member, capped at $1,000. No documentation. |
| Medical Shield Complete — two years | Monitoring by CyEx, described in the notice as comprehensive monitoring for the exposure of medical information, at least one bureau of credit monitoring, and $1 million in identity theft protection. No documentation. |
The $1,000 is a ceiling, not an estimate. Cash fund payments divide whatever is left of the $6,100,000 after approved out-of-pocket claims, the monitoring services, notice and administration expenses, any fee and expense award and any service awards. The more valid claims are filed, the smaller each payment. Neither the notice nor the agreement states how many people were notified, so no per-person figure can be estimated from the documents — treat $1,000 as the cap and nothing more.
The fund is non-reversionary, so nothing left over returns to LSC. Class counsel will apply for attorneys’ fees from the fund; the long-form notice and the settlement website put that request at up to one third, while the signed agreement sets it at up to 30 percent. Either way it comes out of the same $6.1 million before class members are paid, along with case costs and expenses and service awards of up to $2,500 for each of the two class representatives. The court can award less than any of these amounts.
If you want the monitoring, fill in the email field — registration information is sent there. Payments go out by mailed check or electronic payment, with the claim form offering PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or a check, within 30 days after the settlement becomes effective. Checks are void 90 days after issuance, with 30 more days to ask the administrator to reissue; miss both and the right to the payment is waived.
No Notice ID Required — and That Is Rare
Most breach settlements gate the online claim form behind a Login ID and PIN printed on a mailed notice, which quietly locks out anyone whose mail went astray. This one does not.
The claim portal asks whether you have a Notice ID and Confirmation Code and offers two paths: one for class members who received a notice and have those credentials, and one labeled for people who did not receive a notice and need to fill out a claim form. That second path is what keeps this settlement proof-free. Someone who never got a mailing, or threw it out, can still complete a claim online.
The cash fund payment and the monitoring require no documentation at all. Only the out-of-pocket loss tier does, and there the notice is specific: receipts or other records that document the cost, and not documents the claimant prepared themselves. A handwritten receipt is not enough on its own, though it may be submitted to add context to real records. Claims are reviewed for completeness and plausibility; a claim found deficient gets a deficiency notice and 21 days to cure it, and a class member who disputes the administrator’s initial determination can ask counsel for the parties to review it.
The Dates
| October 26, 2026 | Deadline to exclude yourself from the class, and deadline to object. |
| November 24, 2026 | Claim deadline — submitted online, or mailed and postmarked, by this date. No timezone is stated in the notice. |
| January 4, 2027, 10:00 a.m. PT | Final approval hearing, held by Zoom before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. |
Because the notice does not specify a timezone, treat the date itself as the deadline rather than counting on a late-day cutoff. Excluding yourself preserves any right to sue LSC separately over the same claims but gives up every settlement benefit. Objecting is open only to class members who stay in, and a class member can object and still file a claim.
One deadline is worth knowing about even though it is not yours to meet: LSC can walk away from the settlement if more than three percent of the class files valid exclusion requests.
What Happens Next
At the January 4, 2027 hearing the court will consider whether the settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate and will rule on the request for fees, expenses and service awards. Timely objections are considered there, and class members may attend at their own expense without being required to. The notice says connection information will be posted on the settlement website and on the court’s calendar page at least 24 hours before the hearing, and that the date and time can change without further notice.
Payments follow only if the court approves the settlement and that approval becomes final, which takes longer if anyone appeals. The agreement sets the effective date no earlier than 30 days after the final approval order, and longer where an extension of the appeal deadline is sought. No payment date has been announced. If the settlement is never approved, or is terminated, the case returns to litigation as though no class had been certified.
How to File
Claims are filed on the official settlement website, LSCDataSettlement.com, run by the court-appointed administrator, Angeion Group. Filing means choosing the path that matches whether you have a Notice ID and Confirmation Code, answering the three eligibility questions, checking the benefits you want, and uploading records if you are claiming out-of-pocket losses. A printable claim form can be downloaded from the same site and mailed back instead, postmarked by the deadline. Anyone whose address or email changes after filing should update it through the settlement website, because that is where a payment or a request to cure a claim would go.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to have been a Planned Parenthood patient to qualify?
No. The class is defined by whose information was potentially compromised, not by how the person came into contact with LSC. The claim form asks three separate eligibility questions: whether you are a current or former LSC employee, whether you visited a Planned Parenthood health center and received lab testing services, and whether you paid for lab testing services on behalf of a patient who visited one. A yes to any of them is a route into the class.
Which Planned Parenthood health centers were involved?
The notice says the incident did not involve every Planned Parenthood health center or every test done at one, only the centers that used LSC for some lab testing. The settlement agreement names the participating affiliates: Planned Parenthood California Central Coast; Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky; Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho; Planned Parenthood of Illinois; Planned Parenthood North Central States; and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains.
Can I claim the cash payment and the documented-loss payment together?
Yes. Unlike settlements that make a flat payment and a documented-loss payment alternatives to each other, this claim form carries a separate checkbox for out-of-pocket losses, for the cash fund payment and for the monitoring services, and the settlement agreement describes class members as able to submit claims for all three.
Will the cash fund payment actually be $1,000?
$1,000 is a ceiling, not a promised amount. The cash fund payments divide whatever is left of the $6.1 million fund after approved out-of-pocket claims, the monitoring services, notice and administration costs, any court-awarded fees and expenses, and any service awards, and they are capped at $1,000 each. The more valid claims are filed, the smaller each payment is.
What do I do if I never received a notice?
File anyway. The claim portal offers two paths and one of them is labeled for people who did not receive a notice and need to fill out a claim form, so no administrator-issued Notice ID or Confirmation Code is needed to submit a claim online. That is unusual for a data breach settlement, most of which gate the online form behind credentials printed on a mailed notice.
What is Medical Shield Complete?
It is the monitoring product offered under this settlement, two years of Medical Shield Complete by CyEx. The notice describes it as comprehensive monitoring for the exposure of class members’ medical information, at least one bureau of credit monitoring, and $1 million in identity theft protection. Registration information is sent to the email address on the claim form, so an email address is needed to receive it.
What happens to money left in the fund?
The fund is non-reversionary, so nothing goes back to LSC. Uncashed checks are redistributed to valid claimants where a second payment would be at least $5.00, and anything still left after that goes to a court-approved charity as a cy pres award. The parties say they will jointly recommend the National Health Law Program and the Alliance for Women’s Health & Prevention.
Sources
- Long-form notice, claim form, online claim portal and official settlement website — LSCDataSettlement.com, administered by Angeion Group.
- Settlement Agreement and Release, filed as Exhibit A to Document 47-1 in In re Laboratory Services Cooperative Data Breach Litigation, No. 2:25-cv-00685-BJR, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington — the source for the consolidation history, the affiliate list, the cy pres recipients, the three percent termination threshold and the payment mechanics.
- LSC public disclosure of the incident, April 10, 2025.
- OpenClassActions.com — Planned Parenthood Lab Data Breach Settlement.
Source and credit: the settlement terms, deadlines and benefit tiers described above are drawn from our sister site’s reporting — OpenClassActions.com: Planned Parenthood Lab Data Breach Settlement — $6.1M — which tracks this case against the court-approved notice and the official settlement website and is updated as the court rules.
Legal Disclaimer
This article is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. OpenClassActions.org is a consumer news site, not a law firm and not the settlement administrator, and is not affiliated with any party to the case described. The allegations are allegations; the defendants deny wrongdoing and no court has decided the merits. Deadlines, benefit amounts and payment timing can change as the court and the administrator act, so confirm current status on the official settlement website. You never need to pay anyone to file a claim or to receive a settlement payment.