Maria Barrios v. Farmers Investment Co. d/b/a Green Valley Pecan Company

Maricopa County, Arizona
Case No. CV2024-002001

If Farmers Investment Co. d/b/a Green Valley Pecan Company (“Farmers”) Notified You Of A Data Security Incident, You May Be Eligible For Benefits From A Class Action Settlement.

• A proposed Settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit known as Maria Barrios v. Farmers Investment Co. d/b/a Green Valley Pecan Company, Case No.: CV2024-002001 (“Lawsuit”), filed in Maricopa County, Arizona.

• This Lawsuit arises out of unauthorized access to a portion of Farmers’ data system in May 2022 (the “Data Incident”), and allegations concerning certain files potentially accessed during the Data Incident that may have contained personally identifiable information (“PII”) of Settlement Class Members.

• All Settlement Class Members can receive the following benefits from the Settlement: (1) reimbursement for up to $400 for documented out-of-pocket expenses and fees for credit reports, credit monitoring, or other identity theft insurance products, (2) reimbursement for up to three (3) hours of lost time spent dealing with the Data Incident (reimbursed at a rate of $15 per hour), and (3) reimbursement for documented extraordinary losses, not to exceed $4,000 per Settlement Class Member, for proven actual monetary losses.

• Settlement Class Members can receive two years of credit monitoring services with $1,000,000 in identity theft protection services.

• Farmers has also implemented enhanced data security measures to further protect the PII of Plaintiffs and Class Members.

• You are included in this Settlement as a Settlement Class Member if you were sent a notice of the Data Incident.

• If you are a Settlement Class Member, your legal rights are affected regardless of whether you do or do not act. Read this Notice carefully.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS & OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT
Submit a Claim and/or Receive Credit Monitoring	You must submit a valid Claim to get money or credit monitoring from this Settlement. Claim Forms must be submitted online by December 16, 2024 or, if mailed, postmarked no later than December 16, 2024.
Do Nothing	If you do nothing, you remain in the Settlement. You give up your rights to sue and you will not get any money or credit monitoring from the Settlement.
Exclude Yourself	Get out of the Settlement. Get no money. Keep your rights. This is the only option that allows you to keep your right to sue if you choose about the claims in this Lawsuit. You will not get any money or credit monitoring from the Settlement. Your request to exclude yourself must be postmarked no later than November 15, 2024.
File an Objection	Stay in the Settlement, but tell the Court why you think all or part of the Settlement should not be approved or should be changed. Objections must be postmarked or emailed no later than November 15, 2024.
Go to a Hearing	You can ask to speak in Court about the fairness of the Settlement. See Question 18 in the FAQs for more details. The Final Fairness Hearing is scheduled for January 10, 2025.