Hire Velocity Data Breach Settlement

The Hire Velocity Data Breach Settlement is a closed-list settlement, and that is the first thing to check. The class is people Hire Velocity itself mailed a written breach notice to in 2025 — nothing more. Hire Velocity is a recruitment process outsourcing firm, so a great many people have dealt with it as applicants, candidates or placed workers, but being recruited by Hire Velocity does not put you in this class. The exposed data is described as the names and Social Security numbers of certain employees, contractors and clients, the class is built from the company's own notification records, and the claim form is gated on the Class Member ID printed on the postcard Kroll mailed you. If no notice ever arrived, this settlement is almost certainly not yours. For those on the list, the benefits are part either-or and part stacked. The cash is a strict choice of one: a flat $40 with no documentation, or reimbursement of documented out-of-pocket losses up to $2,000 — the Notice says you pick one (1) of the two, and the $40 is taken instead of the documented route. But two years of credit monitoring stacks on top of either one, with three-bureau monitoring, dark web monitoring, a Social Security Number scan, a security freeze and $1 million in insurance — it is additive, it does not reduce your cash, and it still has to be claimed on the form. One number to read carefully: $2,000 is a ceiling on the documented-loss option alone, not a cap on the settlement and not what a claim pays. $50 of receipts pays $50. On the other side, there is no settlement fund and no pro rata reduction — Hire Velocity pays every valid claim directly, so a valid $40 claim pays a full $40 no matter how many people file. Claims close November 30, 2026, but opting out or objecting closes two weeks earlier, on November 16, 2026. Not to be confused with the unrelated HireVue biometric privacy settlement — different company, different case.

Do I Qualify?

You may be eligible if:

• Hire Velocity, LLC sent you a written notice in 2025 saying your Private Information may have been compromised in the data incident. This is the entire test — the Long Form Notice defines the class as "all living individuals residing in the United States who were sent a written notice from the Defendant that their Private Information may have been compromised in the Data Incident affecting the Defendant in approximately February 2025"
• You reside in the United States. The class is limited to individuals residing in the US, but there is no state-by-state test beyond that, and residency alone qualifies nobody
• You still have the postcard, or can recover your Class Member ID. The claim form uses the Class Member ID from the notice Kroll mailed; a class member who lost it can ask the administrator through www.HireVelocitySettlement.com or at (833) 930-1179 to confirm their status against Hire Velocity's class list
• You do NOT need to have suffered identity theft, fraud or any loss at all. The $40 Cash Payment B and the two years of credit monitoring are open to any class member who files, and neither asks you to show harm
• You do NOT need to be a current or former Hire Velocity employee. Employment is not in the class definition — the Notice describes the affected files as containing the names and Social Security numbers of certain employees, contractors and clients, but the mailed notice is what decides it
• WHO DOES NOT QUALIFY: anyone Hire Velocity never sent a notice to. Job applicants, candidates, sourced or placed workers and staff at client companies are not class members by virtue of that relationship alone — only by virtue of having been notified
• Also excluded: directors and officers of Hire Velocity; governmental entities; the Judge assigned to the Action, that Judge's immediate family and Court staff; and anyone who validly opts out by November 16, 2026
• Note the wording: the class as defined covers "living individuals," so it is written around living class members

There are two separate gates here: getting into the claim form, and proving a documented loss. Getting in. This is a proof-required settlement even for the no-documentation $40 option, because the class is a closed list. Kroll verifies every claim against the Settlement Class List that Hire Velocity supplied, and the claim form is keyed to the Class Member ID printed on the postcard notice. That is a real barrier rather than a formality, but it is not absolute: a class member who cannot find the postcard can ask the administrator through www.HireVelocitySettlement.com to confirm their status and supply the ID, or call Kroll toll free at (833) 930-1179. A printable Claim Form is available on the settlement website for anyone who prefers to mail it. Proving the claim. This depends entirely on which cash route you take. For Cash Payment B, the flat $40, no documentation is required at all — the Notice says so directly. For Cash Payment A, reimbursement of documented out-of-pocket losses up to $2,000, the Notice requires "reasonable documentation" and gives telephone records, correspondence including emails, and receipts as examples. It is explicit that personal certifications, declarations or affidavits do not constitute reasonable documentation on their own, though they may be attached to provide clarification, context or support for other documentation. If documentation is insufficient and the claim is not cured, the Notice states it will be denied. Two limits bind the documented route. Credit monitoring you purchased yourself is reimbursable only if the cost was incurred on or after May 16, 2025 through November 15, 2026 — a window specific to that one loss category. And you cannot be reimbursed for expenses already reimbursed by another source, including compensation provided in connection with any credit monitoring or identity theft protection product. The credit monitoring needs no documentation — but it does need a filed form. The two years of monitoring requires no proof of anything beyond class membership, and it stacks on top of either cash option, but nothing arrives automatically. If you do not tick the box and submit the Claim Form, you get nothing at all.

What Happened?

Hire Velocity, LLC discovered a cybersecurity incident on or about February 17, 2025. Suspicious activity on the company's network disrupted access to some systems, and on or about April 15, 2025 Hire Velocity learned that a third party may have accessed files containing first and last names together with Social Security numbers. The company began mailing breach notification letters on or about May 16, 2025.

Hire Velocity is a talent acquisition and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm headquartered in Georgia. The notified population is described as certain employees, contractors and clients — which is why this reads much more like an employer-side breach than a consumer one, even though the company's business is hiring at scale for other organisations.

The case took an unusual procedural route. Two putative class actions were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia within about two weeks of the notices, were consolidated, and reached agreement on material settlement terms on December 11, 2025. The plaintiffs then dismissed the federal case and refiled in the State Court of Fulton County, Georgia on January 12, 2026, alleging negligence, negligence per se, breach of implied contract, unjust enrichment, breach of confidence and declaratory relief. The Settlement Agreement was signed February 23, 2026.

The case is Lencola Roberts, et al. v. Hire Velocity, LLC, Case No. 26EV000358, in the State Court of Fulton County, Georgia. The Court appointed Raina C. Borrelli of Strauss Borrelli PLLC, Casondra Turner of Milberg PLLC and Jonathan M. Streisfeld of Kopelowitz Ostrow P.A. as Class Counsel, and there are three Class Representatives. Kroll Settlement Administration LLC is administering the settlement and mailed postcard notices to the class list.

The Court granted preliminary approval and opened the claim period. The Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for December 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, in Fulton County, Georgia, where the Court will consider approval of the settlement, the attorneys' fees and costs request and the service awards. Hire Velocity denies all of the claims and maintains it did nothing wrong; the Court has not ruled on the merits. No final approval order has been entered and no payment date has been announced.

How to File Your Claim

1. File online at www.HireVelocitySettlement.com by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 30, 2026, using the Class Member ID printed on the postcard notice Kroll mailed you
2. LOST THE POSTCARD? The settlement website is the route to recovering your Class Member ID — the administrator can confirm your status against the class list Hire Velocity supplied. You can also reach Kroll toll free at (833) 930-1179, or by mail at Roberts v. Hire Velocity, LLC, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391
3. CHOOSE ONE CASH OPTION, NOT BOTH: either Cash Payment A (reimbursement of up to $2,000 for documented out-of-pocket losses) or Cash Payment B (a flat $40 with no documentation). The Notice says you may choose "one (1) of the following Cash Payments" — Cash Payment B is taken instead of Cash Payment A
4. THEN TICK THE CREDIT MONITORING BOX SEPARATELY: the two years of monitoring is claimed IN ADDITION to whichever cash option you pick, and it does not reduce your cash. It does not arrive automatically — you have to claim it on the same form
5. ATTACH DOCUMENTATION ONLY IF YOU CHOSE CASH PAYMENT A: telephone records, correspondence including emails, or receipts. A personal certification, declaration or affidavit does not count as documentation on its own
6. PREFER PAPER? A printable Claim Form is available on the settlement website. Mail it, postmarked no later than November 30, 2026, to Roberts v. Hire Velocity, LLC, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391
7. Sign the form — every Claim Form must be signed, and each class member may file only one
8. WATCH THE EARLIER DATE: claims close November 30, 2026, but the deadline to opt out or object is two weeks earlier, on November 16, 2026. Filing is free.
9. Visit the official claim form: https://www.hirevelocitysettlement.com/

How Much Will I Actually Get?

The structure is part either-or and part additive, and the headline "$2,000" is a ceiling rather than a payment — misreading either point costs money. LAYER ONE, ADDITIVE FOR EVERY CLAIMANT: two years of Credit Monitoring. The Notice states it is available "In addition to Cash Payment A or Cash Payment B," so it stacks on top of whichever cash option you take and does not reduce it. It provides three-bureau credit monitoring, a single-bureau credit report, comprehensive dark web monitoring, a Social Security Number scan, high-risk transaction monitoring with real-time alerts, a security freeze, and $1 million in insurance coverage. It still has to be claimed on the form — nothing arrives automatically. LAYER TWO, A CHOICE BETWEEN TWO CASH ROUTES — you get one, not both. CASH PAYMENT A, DOCUMENTED OUT-OF-POCKET LOSSES, UP TO $2,000: reimbursement for unreimbursed losses arising from the Data Incident, with reasonable documentation required. The Notice lists losses associated with fraud or identity theft; professional fees including attorneys' fees, accountants' fees and credit repair fees; costs of freezing or unfreezing credit with any credit reporting agency; credit monitoring costs incurred on or after May 16, 2025 through November 15, 2026; and miscellaneous expenses such as notary, fax, postage, copying, mileage and long-distance telephone charges. THE $2,000 IS A CAP ON THIS OPTION ALONE. It is not a cap on the settlement, it is not what a claim pays, and it does not touch the flat $40 or the monitoring. $50 of documented receipts pays $50, not $2,000. CASH PAYMENT B, ALTERNATE CASH, A FLAT $40: the Notice states no documentation is required for Cash Payment B, and that it is taken "Instead of Cash Payment A." ONE DATED SUB-WINDOW, AND IT BINDS ONLY ONE LOSS CATEGORY: credit monitoring you bought yourself is reimbursable only if the cost was incurred on or after May 16, 2025 through November 15, 2026. That window is specific to that bullet — the other loss categories carry no stated date range, and the class itself is not date-bounded at all. YOU CANNOT DOUBLE-RECOVER: the Notice is explicit that you cannot be reimbursed for expenses already reimbursed by another source, including compensation provided in connection with any credit monitoring or identity theft protection product. NO SETTLEMENT FUND, NO PRO RATA REDUCTION: there is no common fund. Hire Velocity pays all Settlement Class Member Benefits directly, and separately pays Settlement Administration Costs and any Court-awarded Attorneys' Fees, Costs and Service Awards — reported as a $185,000 fee and cost request and service awards of up to $4,000 for each of the three Class Representatives. Because claims are not paid from a fixed pool, the Notice describes no pro rata reduction. A valid $40 claim pays $40. The only reductions come from claim review itself — a loss that lacks documentation, or one already reimbursed elsewhere.

Last reviewed: September 20, 2026 | Information verified from court records and official settlement documents.

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