When to expect a T-Mobile data breach settlement check
It’s been years since then T-Mobile Customers It was submitted to some of Wireless carrierClass action lawsuit settlement for 2022. However, this month, eligible people should start receiving payments.
On April 8, the settlement representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether payments had been issued.
The settlement is the result of a class action lawsuit filed against T-Mobile after the 2021 cyberattack was revealed Personal data – Names, addresses and Social Security numbers of 76 million US customers. In 2022, T-Mobile agreed to a $350 million settlement Resolves the claim that the negligence led to a data breach. After Equifax, it remains the second largest data breach settlement in US history 700 million dollar settlement 2019.
How much will you earn?
If your data is published but not yet submitted, it’s too late to get it About the settlement. It’s all finished, except for the check distribution. T-Mobile I agreed to pay $350 million Pay, provide and provide cash to the settlement fund, which is used to make cash payments for out-of-pocket and lost time. Identification Defense Servicesprovides repair services, notifies class members, manages the settlement, pays to the representatives of the class who filed the suit, and pays attorneys’ fees and expenses.
According to the hill, Payment may be less than $25, as priorities take priority to those who can prove they are suffering from a loss of their own pay. Anyone who lived in California at the time of the data breach is eligible for $100. And according to the Hill, anyone who spent time recovering or avoiding identity theft or fraud, such as freezing credits, spending money on credit monitoring services, suffering losses, being told to document losses, or being told to record losses, is eligible for up to $25,000, according to the Hill.
Those who make valid billing for Identity Defense services will be sent information about how to activate those services. The monetary payment will be made in the way chosen when each customer submits. This could mean that a paper check will be mailed or a digital deposit will be mailed. You can read the full documentation For online litigation.