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When you filled out the claim it also asked things like how many hours have you spent disputing fraud etc and requesting documentation for over so many hours wi
by ryanmercer 7y ago
When you filled out the claim it also asked things like how many hours have you spent disputing fraud etc and requesting documentation for over so many hours with additional compensation for each hour you spent trying to fix identity theft.
You'd include copies of dispute letters, police reports, receipts for monitoring services, legal expenses etc.
- basch 7y agoAnd im asking what legal expenses and police reports there would be since the Equifax data has never been publicly seen? As far as we know, it has never been used in any way to assume anyone's identity or to steal any money. Im kind of shocked at the HN community ignoring that the fact that the attack never lead to any public data leak. Any time you spent disputing fraud or fixing identity theft, if submitted as part of this settlement, would be a lie, because you spent that time addressing data lost by someone else, not Equifax.
- officeplant 7y agoBecause it caused a panic for many people during the initial breach when you went to the website about the breach to check to see if your information was involved. Many people opted for monitoring during that time or spent effort getting freezes, etc.
- basch 7y agothats not a legal expense or damage. I agree, that reimbursing people for buying credit reporting they didnt need is the right thing to do. But thats it. Theres no other damage besides superfluous money spent and time wasted. These other categories of money (Besides time/credit reporting reimbursement) set aside, dont make any sense, because NOBODY has ANY evidence of damage, any any evidence people think they have, isnt related to Equifax.