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Anyone with questions about the additional Equifax payments is encouraged to contact settlement administrator JND Legal Administration at info@equifaxbreachsettlement.com or by calling (833) 759-2982.
The money will reimburse individuals for everything from the time spent filing for credit freezes after the breach, to free monitoring services for the next 10 years.
In 2017, consumer credit rating giant Equifax suffered one of the country's largest data breaches, exposing the personal information of 147 million U.S. citizens, or roughly 40% of the population ...
Equifax primarily operates in the business-to-business sector, selling consumer credit and insurance reports and related analytics to businesses in a range of industries. [citation needed] Business customers include retailers, insurance firms, healthcare providers, utilities, government agencies, as well as banks, credit unions, personal and specialty finance companies and other financial ...
An Equifax internal audit in 2015 showed that there was a large backlog of vulnerabilities to patch, that Equifax was not following its own timescales on patching them, that IT staff did not have a comprehensive asset inventory, that Equifax did not consider how critical an IT asset was when prioritising patches, and that the patching process worked on an 'Honour system'.
Peachtree Financial gives structured settlement recipients the option to receive their cash sooner, by selling their structured settlement payments. [6] These regular payments from insurance companies, often as a result of a personal injury lawsuit, can be sold in portions, or all at once.
Deadline to file claim: May 18, 2023. ... misapplied payments in their auto loans and even negligent foreclosure proceedings. ... Total settlement: $5 million. Deadline to file: April 12, 2023.
In Canada, this has led to TransUnion and Equifax not offering any form of credit freeze (instead directing consumers to their paid identity monitoring services, which have been described as 'ineffective'), until the passage of Quebec's Bill 53, the Credit Assessment Agents Act. [6] [7] Lifting a credit freeze requires a PIN. [8]