Utah Awarded $1.4 Million For Equifax Data Breach Settlement
The Utah Attorney General announced a historic $600 million nationwide settlement with Equifax concerning the 2017 Equifax data breach affecting more than 147 million Americans, and more than 1.2 million Utahns. Fifty state attorneys general and the attorneys general of Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. are included in the settlement.
“I’m pleased Equifax will take serious steps to protect and reimburse consumers, even if it comes only after one of the worst lapses of consumer data protection in our history,” said Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes. “I urge Utah consumers affected by the breach to take advantage of Equifax’s agreement to pay for credit monitoring, identity theft protection and other measures and reimbursements.”
“Just the fear and uncertainty alone from a breach victimizes those whose data is compromised,” AG Reyes said. “I’m hopeful this offers some measure of relief to Utahns whose lives have been disrupted or even more significantly damaged.”
The terms of the multistate attorney general settlement are as follows:
Details on the Consumer Settlement Fund
Affected consumers are eligible to request the following types of reimbursements from the settlement fund: