At ftc.gov/Equifax., you can use a tool to find out if your information was exposed in the breach, learn about benefits, and start your claim to get free credit monitoring and maybe even cash.
If your info was exposed in the breach, the settlement will give you up to 10 years of free credit monitoring. That means you’ll get an alert whenever somebody checks your credit history, opens a new loan or credit card in your name, or says a payment is late.
That’s the kind of information that might make a real difference when you apply for a job, try to rent an apartment, or apply for credit. And a word on the cash: there are several ways to get reimbursed for the time or money you spent dealing with the after-effects of the breach.
Roughly half the people in the country can get benefits under a settlement that the FTC and others reached with Equifax. Now, you can now find out if you were affected by the September 2017 breach and make your claim for benefits.
