Sign Up for Avis Class Action Lawsuit
Avis class action lawsuit is currently open:
Those who meet eligibility criteria should apply before the deadline June 19, 2026. Avis failed to secure customer data, exposing names, driver's licenses, credit cards, and birth dates of ~299,006 people in August 2024.
Avis Class Action Lawsuit
ss action lawsuit has been filed against Avis Rent A Car System, LLC and parent company Avis Budget Group, Inc. due to a four-day security incident that exposed the personal information of roughly 299,006 customers. The breach ran from August 3 through August 6, 2024, was discovered by Avis on August 5, 2024, and was disclosed to affected customers in notice letters dated September 4, 2024. Avis also filed breach reports with the Maine and California Attorneys General on September 5, 2024 — and in its Maine filing, the company attributed the incident to "insider wrongdoing."
Ten named plaintiffs from Florida, Texas, Minnesota, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Illinois, Tennessee, California, Kansas, and California filed the consolidated Avis class action case, In re: Avis Rent A Car System, LLC Security Incident Litigation, No. 2:24-cv-09243-JXN-MAH, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on December 20, 2024. Settlement Class Counsel is led by Emery Reddy PLLC, Edelson Lechtzin LLP, Lynch Carpenter LLP, and Siri & Glimstad LLP.
The complaint alleges thirteen counts against Avis, including negligence, negligence per se, breach of contract, breach of implied contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of confidence, intrusion upon seclusion, unjust enrichment, violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act, the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act, the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, and declaratory judgment.
Avis's own filing with the Maine Attorney General attributed the breach to "insider wrongdoing" — an unusual root-cause disclosure that distinguishes this case from typical external-hacker data breaches.
Avis Class Action Settlement - $3,075,000
The proposed Avis data breach settlement establishes a $3,075,000 non-reversionary common fund to compensate United States residents whose private information was compromised in the August 2024 data security incident. The fund covers cash payments to claimants, notice and administration costs handled by Angeion Group, attorneys' fees of up to $1,025,000 (33.33%) plus $30,000 in costs, and service awards of up to $2,500 for each of the ten Representative Plaintiffs.
You are a Settlement Class Member if you are a U.S. resident whose private information — name, driver's license number, credit card number and expiration date, date of birth, or phone number — was compromised in the Avis Data Security Incident between August 3, 2024 and August 6, 2024, and you received a notice letter from Avis around September 4, 2024. The settlement also requires Avis to bear all costs of class notice and administration, with any remaining fund balance distributed pro rata to participating claimants rather than reverting to Avis.
The Final Fairness Hearing is scheduled for July 28, 2026.
Deadline for filing a claim: June 19, 2026
Customer Data Class Action Payout: Up to $5000
Settlement Class Members can choose between two payout options on the Avis claim form. The first is reimbursement of up to $5,000 for documented out-of-pocket losses fairly traceable to the data breach — such as identity-theft protection bills, fraudulent charges, bank fees, or unreimbursed monetary losses incurred between August 3, 2024 and the claims deadline. The second is a pro rata cash payment from whatever remains of the Settlement Fund after out-of-pocket claims, administration costs, attorneys' fees, and service awards are paid. Every claimant can request the pro rata payment, even without documented losses.
The Final Approval Hearing is set for July 28, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. before Judge Hammer in Newark, NJ. Payments are issued after the Effective Date, once any appeals are resolved. Claimants choose how they want to be paid: PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, paper check, or ACH direct deposit (selected through the Settlement Website). If you submit a valid claim and do not receive payment, contact the Claims Administrator at (888) 818-4234.
Customer Data Class Action Eligibility
You are eligible to file an Avis data breach class action claim if you are a U.S. resident whose private information was compromised in the security incident Avis experienced between August 3 and August 6, 2024 — approximately 299,006 people in total, all of whom were sent a notice letter dated on or about September 4, 2024.
Qualifying compromised data:
- Full name
- Driver's license information
- Credit card number + expiration date
- Date of Birth
- Phone Number
The claim form asks you to:
- Provide name, mailing address, optional email and phone
- Enter the Settlement Class Member ID from your Short Notice, or the last four digits of your Social Security number if you did not receive one
- Certify that your private information was compromised in the Avis incident
- (Optional) Itemize documented out-of-pocket losses with supporting documentation
- Choose a payment method (PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, check, or ACH)
Customer Data Class Action Claim Form
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FAQ
In its September 5, 2024 breach report to the Maine Attorney General, Avis attributed the incident to "insider wrongdoing" — meaning the unauthorized access likely came from someone within or with insider-level access. Most data breaches are blamed on external hackers, so this attribution is unusually candid.
Yes. Every Settlement Class Member who submits a valid claim is automatically eligible for a pro rata cash payment funded by the remainder of the Settlement Fund. You only need to check Section IV of the claim form and submit by the deadline. No proof of loss required beyond class membership.
The fund is $3,075,000. After up to $1,025,000 in attorneys' fees, $30,000 in costs, $25,000 in service awards, and administration costs, the remainder is divided among valid claimants. With ~299,006 class members, the per-person amount depends entirely on the take-rate.
Up to $5,000 per claimant for actual, unreimbursed monetary losses fairly traceable to the breach — provided the loss occurred between August 3, 2024 and the claims deadline, and you first exhausted any credit monitoring or identity theft insurance available to you. Self-prepared receipts alone don't qualify.
Claimants choose from PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, paper check, or ACH direct deposit (the ACH option requires visiting the Settlement Website separately). All payments are issued after the Effective Date, which follows Final Approval and any appeals.
Class Counsel — Emery Reddy PLLC, Edelson Lechtzin LLP, Lynch Carpenter LLP, and Siri & Glimstad LLP — will request up to 33.33% of the fund ($1,025,000) in fees, plus up to $30,000 in unreimbursed costs. The Court has the final say and may award less.
Each of the 10 Representative Plaintiffs (Brooke Pestano, Jason Shay, Chase Schachenman, Jason Bundrick, Bill D. Thomas, Tanisorn Tatiyaratana, Michael Beauchane, Joe Lopez, Katrina Robertson, and Brian Harris) will request a service award of up to $2,500 each — totaling up to $25,000 for representing the class.
The complaint includes Nationwide Class claims plus state-specific subclasses for California, Illinois, Florida, Texas, Minnesota, South Carolina, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Kansas — each requiring a resident plaintiff to bring state-law consumer protection claims under statutes like the CCPA, FDUTPA, and Illinois CFA.