Claim Your $125 Settlement from the 2017 Equifax Breach
In September of 2017, Equifax announced that it had experienced a data breach, which impacted the personal information of a staggering 147 million people! As the US Population was estimated to be 325 million in 2017, this represents almost half (45%) of the US!
Claim Your Equifax 2017 Data Breach $125 Cash Settlement
A federal court is considering a proposed class action settlement, that, if approved by the Court, would resolve lawsuits brought by consumers after the data breach.
If your personal data was impacted by the brief, you may be eligible for a cash payment of $125. You may also be eligible for:
- free credit monitoring
- other cash payments depending on
- your time spent
- your losses
- cost of credit / identity monitoring services
- free identity restoration services for 7 years
Equifax Data Breach Settlement Options including $125 Cash Payment
It only takes 30 seconds to check your eligibility and see if your data was affected. The quick online search only requires 2 items (your last name and the last 6 digits of your Social Security number).
If you were affected, you can easily File a Claim online to request either:
- Free Credit Monitoring
- a $125 Cash Payment (either paid by check or prepaid card)
NOTE that this program is available to every person in your household who was affected — make sure to check the eligibility of each family member!!
The initial claims period deadline is 1/22/2020, so make sure to file a claim by the deadline in order to receive your settlement!
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Note that Equifax denies any wrongdoing, and no judgment or finding of wrongdoing has been made.
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As this affected over 147 million people, please share with friends, family, and associates so that they may also receive their Equifax settlement benefits!
Hi, your review about how to claim $125 settlement from the 2017 Equifax Breach is very informative actually am not affected but i have friends who are affected your post is very helpful as it serve as an awareness i will share the information of your post on my social media so that those that are affected can be aware about it.
I’m glad to hear you weren’t personally affected, but thanks so much for sharing!!
I think this is a good decision. Many companies are misusing our data’s and they just get away with it. Maybe what is happening to Equifax today will be a warning for others. They will start asking for approval before they use our datas as they want.
I am really glad that you took the time to make a post about it. People will get the opportunity to know about this decision and check their eligibility and claim their money.
Thanks
I hope it serves as a lesson to all companies to take great care to secure customer data… it is especially good for Equifax to be penalized, as one of their lines of business was selling a service to protect people’s personal data!!
I am not in the United States so this does not affect me but it makes me wonder if there is ever such a thing in Canada. Obviously there are breaches in Canada as well but I am wondering if they ever try to compensate individuals who are affected?
What are some ways that an individual can help to prevent such things from happening? Or are we at a loss to these companies and the security measures they take?
While this settlement was by a US court, Equifax has stated that over 19,000 Canadians were affected by the data breach as well. With any luck, Equifax will be proactive in other parts of the world and offer restitution before it’s forced to do so by a court of law.
The toughest part of this case is that Equifax was actually selling services to people to protect their data from security breaches!! Part of the current US settlement is that they must offer refunds to anyone who was paying for those completely ineffective services.
This is a great opportunity for people that are affected to quickly claim their entitlement. Am not affected but I have friends and close relative who are affected. Though I shared from their grieve when it happened back then in the year 2017. Therefore, I won’t hesitate to inform them about this news. Am glad the deadline is still far behind, so they can do that any time soon. Thanks for this awareness.
Stay blessed!
Hi Stella, I’m glad you were not personally affected but thanks so much for sharing with your friends and family!
Hello there!
This is a great and informative article.
I checked the link provided against snopes and it is legit. Currently, most people know about the breach but don’t realize that there is a class-action lawsuit. However, it is not only necessary to know these things, but to hold Equifax accountable for their lax security. I will share this post with my friends. Because we all need to stay vigilant with our data.
Thanks for good advice. 🙂
Harber, I absolutely agree. The best way for Equifax to understand the importance and seriousness of these careless data breaches, is to hold them accountable with financial penalties. It is nice that the people affected by the Equifax data breach will actually get a cash payout.