United States:
Consumer Reporting Agency Agrees To $22 Million Settlement Of Data Breach Class Action
07 January 2019
by
Jeremy S. Close
,
Meredith Collier
,
David R. Coogan
,
Jennifer Everett
,
Robert Levent Hergüner
,
Richard Johnson
,
Laura Lim
,
Christopher Markham
,
Daniel McLoon
,
Mary Alexander Myers
,
Mauricio Paez
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On December 3, a federal court in the Central District of
California granted plaintiffs'
request for preliminary approval of a proposed $22 million
settlement of class action claims against a consumer reporting
agency related to a data breach that affected 15 million
individuals in the United States. The breach involved unauthorized
access to individuals' names, addresses, dates of births,
Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers. The
settlement funds will be used to provide two years of credit
monitoring services to class members and cash payments for
out-of-pocket costs.
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