A $22 million settlement has reached a class action lawsuit in regard to the 2015 Experian Data Breach. According to this data breach class action settlement, the personal information that was compromised including name, address, social security number, identification number, military ID, and other information.<\/p>\n
Did your personal information gets leaked after the use of credit or debit card through Experian? If yes, you could get compensation. File a claim now!<\/p>\n
The plaintiffs who are involved in this class action lawsuit have claimed that Experian has failed to protect the data of about 15 million customers. This lawsuit also claims that this agency has willfully ignored the weaknesses in their data security systems.<\/p>\n
The Experian class action said that the personal information was available for sale on the dark web after the security breach. But the plaintiffs allege that, due to this massive data breach, they will have to monitor their financial accounts regularly.<\/p>\n
With this, Experian does not admit any wrongdoing, but still, they will settle the settlement and offer the customers a chance to recover the damages done to them.<\/p>\n
When it comes to compensation, there are two types of options available-<\/p>\n
If there are any out of pocket costs associated with the breach, the class member can receive a cash payment of up to $10,000.<\/p>\n
The consumers who have received an Experian data breach in October 2015.<\/p>\n
The eligible class members have up to April 11, 2015, to submit a valid claim. If you want to exclude yourself from this settlement, you must do it no later than March 27, 2019.<\/p>\n
The award is up to $40 with two years of credit insurance and monitoring services.<\/p>\n