FTC: Equifax might run out of cash, so please take the credit monitoring

Re:FTC: Equifax might run out of cash, so please take the cr... by joshstrange on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @02:47PM (#20577050)

So this is some bullshit, if FB can get hit with a $5 Billion dollar fine then I think we can scape up a little more than $31 Million from a company with even less scruples than Facebook...

Also I already signed up for the $125 (when there was ZERO mention it might not be paid out) so what am I supposed to do?

God I really wish they had just put down Equifax (as in killed the whole company) as a statement to other companies: PROTECT YOUR DATA or we are coming for you.

And NO I don't want their monitoring, if they couldn't keep my info safe to start with why would I trust them with monitoring.

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Re:FTC: Equifax might run out of cash, so please take the cr... by daybreak on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @03:24PM (#20577370)

> Also I already signed up for the $125 (when there was ZERO mention it might not be paid out) so what am I supposed to do?

From the FAQ, they'll send out an email to everyone who already filed allowing people to switch to credit monitoring.

I agree, this is ridiculous. Even credit monitoring for life (from the other agencies) would have been better than this.

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Re:FTC: Equifax might run out of cash, so please take the cr... by fooey on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @02:50PM (#20577080)

The settlement should have required them to provide free credit monitoring to every US citizen in perpetuity, AND a cash payout to all the people they screwed over.

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