FTC Looks for More Victims of ChoicePoint Breach
Grant Gross writes on InfoWorld:
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking for victims of a data breach at ChoicePoint announced in early 2005.
Victims with out-of-pocket expenses due to the breach have until Aug. 18 to file claims and be eligible for payments from a $5 million fund that ChoicePoint agreed to pay in its January 2006 settlement with the FTC.
The FTC has now mailed reimbursement claim forms to 2,400 consumers who may have been victims of identity theft due to the breach, the agency said in a speech. The FTC has mailed claim forms to 1,000 consumers since December 2006, it said.
In addition, the FTC has created a Web site where consumers who do not receive a claim letter can download a claim form and get more information about the claims process.
posted by Fergie @ 6/19/2007 04:15:00 PM
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