Equifax now has to pay up after exposing the personal information of 150 million Americans.
If your name was on the list you could get at least $125. If you can prove fraud because of it they will pay you up to $20,000.
Equifax will have to pay up to $700 million to compensate affected people with credit monitoring services. That money will go into a fund to reimburse you for the following.
- Free Credit Monitoring or $125 Cash Payment to reimburse you if people purchased credit or identity monitoring services because of the breach.
- Cash payments up to $20,000 for the time you spent remedying fraud, identity theft, or other misuse of your personal information caused by the data breach up to 20 total hours at $25 per hour, out of pocket losses from the data breach, and 25% of the cost of Equifax credit or identity monitoring products you paid for in the year before the data breach announcement.
- At least 7 years of free assisted identity restoration services to help you remedy the effects of identity theft and fraud
If you were affected apply for the reimbursements by calling 833-759-2982, or going to www.equifaxbreachsettlement.com