You may be eligible for reimbursement and cash payments up to $20,000 for: Reimbursement for Your Time and Other Cash Payments The amount you’d get will depend on the number of claims filed. If you have credit monitoring that will continue for at least 6 months and you decide not to enroll in the free credit monitoring offered in the settlement, you may be eligible for a cash payment. (Minors affected by the breach are eligible for even more free credit monitoring.) That’s a total of 10 years of free credit monitoring. On top of that, you can get up to 6 more years of free credit monitoring of your Equifax credit report. You can get at least 4 years of free credit monitoring of your credit report at all three credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion). If you were affected by the breach, you may be eligible for benefits. Here’s what you need to know about the settlement.
#Equifax data breach settlement. update#
Sign up for an FTC email update to find out when that tool is up and running.) (Not sure that you were affected? The breach claims site will have a tool to let you check.
But you can sign up for FTC email alerts about the settlement at ftc.gov/Equifax. If you were affected by the Equifax breach, you can't file a claim just yet. Under a settlement filed today, Equifax agreed to spend up to $425 million to help people affected by the data breach.
In September of 2017, Equifax announced a data breach that exposed the personal information of 147 million people. Identity Theft and Online Security Show/hide Identity Theft and Online Security menu items.Unwanted Calls, Emails, and Texts Show/hide Unwanted Calls, Emails, and Texts menu items.Money-Making Opportunities and Investments.Jobs and Making Money Show/hide Jobs and Making Money menu items.Credit, Loans, and Debt Show/hide Credit, Loans, and Debt menu items.Shopping and Donating Show/hide Shopping and Donating menu items.
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