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Victims to Receive Choicepoint Settlement
Posted on Dec 8, 2006 by Tom Fragala
Victims who believe they may have suffered losses as a result of identity theft caused by the data breach at ChoicePoint Inc. finally have a chance to recover some monetary pay back.
Background from FTC.gov:
In 2005, ChoicePoint, a company that compiles and sells personal information, announced that it had sold information about many consumers to people who turned out to be identity thieves. The FTC, the nation’s consumer protection agency, investigated the ChoicePoint security breach and alleged that, in some cases, these sales resulted in identity theft. The FTC and ChoicePoint reached a settlement requiring the company, among other things, to pay $5 million to be used to reimburse consumers for expenses due to identity theft caused by ChoicePoint’s security breach.
With the assistance of law enforcement agencies, the Federal Trade Commission identified over 1,400 consumers who may have experienced out-of-pocket expenses due to identity theft connected with the alleged security lapses at ChoicePoint Inc. The FTC has mailed claims forms for reimbursement to those consumers. Consumers who do not receive a letter, but who believe that they have identity theft-related expenses due to this incident, may submit a claim.
You can download the claim form, FAQ and other related documents here. You have until February 4 2007 to send your claim. Here's my blog post about the fines in Jan 2006.
Filed under: Data Breach, Identity Theft
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