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posted by martyb on Saturday September 09 2017, @06:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the ignorance-is-bliss? dept.

Visiting Equifax's site to see if you're a victim of the recent data breach can require you to waive lawsuit rights:

By all accounts, the Equifax data breach is, as we reported Thursday, "very possibly the worst leak of personal info ever." The incident affects possibly as many as 143 million people.

But if you want to find out if your data might have been exposed, you waive your right to sue the Atlanta-based company. We're not making this up. The company has now published a website allowing consumers to input their last six digits of their Social Security numbers to find out.

Like most websites, at the bottom of this new site is a section called "Terms of Use." There, in paragraph 4, is bolded, uppercase text of note. It tells site visitors that you agree to waive your right to sue and instead must "resolve all disputes by binding, individual arbitration."

AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE ALL DISPUTES BY BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION. PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE SECTION CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS BY REQUIRING ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES (EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW) AND A WAIVER OF THE ABILITY TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, CLASS ARBITRATION, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. ARBITRATION PROVIDES A QUICK AND COST EFFECTIVE MECHANISM FOR RESOLVING DISPUTES, BUT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT IT ALSO LIMITS YOUR RIGHTS TO DISCOVERY AND APPEAL.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/are-you-an-equifax-breach-victim-you-must-give-up-right-to-sue-to-find-out/


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 10 2017, @08:49AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 10 2017, @08:49AM (#565909)

    Someone said that he entered "Test" and "123456" on Equifax's checker and was told that he'd been compromised. https://mobile.twitter.com/zackwhittaker/status/906247688768905216/video/1 [twitter.com]

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 10 2017, @05:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 10 2017, @05:19PM (#565981)

    And now probably about 147 people can't sue them. Only 99999 checks more and they will get away unscratched. Why they decided to use 6 digits of serf number instead of 1? It would go much faster that way.