Welcome to the Information Website for the Nationwide/Sightcare Data Breach Settlement.
Payments to approved claimants were either sent by check or were emailed via EpiqPay on April 9, 2025. Those who elected for a digital payment need to use the EpiqPay email they received to choose their payment method. This is a legitimate email.
Additional information related to these payments will be found here.
A Settlement has been reached with Nationwide Optometry, P.C., Nationwide Vision Center, LLC, and Sightcare, Inc. (collectively, “Nationwide-Sightcare”) in a class action lawsuit about a third-party criminal cyberattack targeting USV Optical, Inc.’s, a subsidiary of U.S. Vision, Inc. email and computer systems between approximately April 20, 2021 and May 17, 2021 (the “Data Breach”).The Settlement includes all residents of the United States who are current or former patients, customers, employees, members, or covered dependents of Nationwide-Sightcare, or any of their affiliated or related business entities whose Personal Information was accessed, stolen, or compromised as a result of the Data Breach. The Settlement does not include U.S. Vision, Inc. and USV Optical, Inc. and no claims against U.S. Vision Inc, and USV Optical, Inc. are being settled or released in this Settlement.
The Settlement provides several benefits to Settlement Class Members who submit valid claims, including twenty-four (24) months of 3-bureau credit and identity theft monitoring and cash payments for certain documented and undocumented expenses and lost time incurred as a result of the Data Breach or pro-rata cash payment.