NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT: Equifax violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act,

Jenkins v. Equifax, Case No. 3:15-cv-00443-MHL

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

 

NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

 

You may be a member of the settlement class in the above-captioned lawsuit, in which the plaintiffs allege that Equifax violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by issuing consumer disclosures containing “public record” information (such as tax liens, judgments, and bankruptcies) without identifying the vendor(s) it employed to obtain the information from courthouses and other government offices. If so AND THE Settlement is approved, you will receive a free 18 months subscription to Equifax Credit Watch Gold With Scores (or, if you are already enrolled in this Equifax credit monitoring service, an additional 18 months) which has a $ 270.00 value.

 

The Court has preliminarily approved this settlement. It will hold a Final Fairness Hearing in this case on October 28, 2016. If the Court grants final approval, Equifax will send activation codes to the Class Members by email. You will release your right to bring such a claim on a collective or class basis. The settlement does not affect any individual claim you may personally have. In exchange, Equifax has agreed to make substantial changes to the way it reports public records in its credit reports.

 

• If you are receiving this notice by email, Equifax will send the activation code to the same email address, unless you ask Equifax to send your activation code to a different email address that you provide by October 28, 2016. 

• If you are receiving this notice by U.S. Mail, you must provide Equifax with a valid email address by October 28, 2016 in order to receive 18 months of free credit monitoring.

To provide Equifax a valid email address so that you can obtain 18 months of free credit monitoring, please visit www.equifaxsettlement.com. You may also obtain a more complete class notice and other important documents from the website. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-312-5251.

 

If you do not want to participate in this settlement—you do not want to receive 18 months of free credit monitoring and you do not want to be bound by any judgment entered in this case—you may exclude yourself by submitting a completed Exclusion Request. You may obtain the Exclusion Request by visiting www.equifaxsettlement.com or by calling 1-844-312-5251.

 

For more information about your rights, you may contact the attorneys at Consumer Litigation Associates, P.C. at:

 

Email: intake@clalegal.com

Nationwide toll-free: 877-FCRA-LAW (1-877-327-2529)

Northern Virginia office: 703-273-7770

Hampton Roads office: 757-930-3660