Experian is offering consumers affected by the breach free credit monitoring services.
Consumer organisations are pressing for Brussels to take account of the number of consumers affected by a merger to assess whether it would create a monopoly.
After several months of negotiation, General Electric has agreed to offer free repairs by a G.E. technician to all consumers affected by a recall of defective dishwashers begun in October 1999, according to a statement that the Consumer Product Safety Commission plans to issue today.
Consumers affected by the delays should keep in mind that status updates for when their tax refunds will arrive may not be available on the IRS's "Where's my refund?" tool until after Feb. 15.
"As the agency charged with overseeing the public airwaves, we are committed to ensuring that the consumers affected by this breach of privacy receive a full and fair accounting".
He also said that the course of action selected would provide "the best safeguard for the rights of consumers affected by late fees".
The Senate voted late Tuesday night to strike a federal rule that would have allowed consumers affected by the Equifax hack to sue the company.
In the meantime, you may not even be missing out on much: a recent GAO investigation of these kinds of services found that "companies often offer consumers affected by a data breach complimentary identity theft services for reasons other than mitigating the risk of identity theft, such as avoiding liability or complying with state law".
Equifax Inc (EFX.N) said on Thursday that it identified an additional 2.4 million U.S. consumers affected by last year's massive data breach, bringing the total number of people whose data was compromised to more than 147 million.
David Berger, an attorney with the Bay Area-based firm Girard Gibbs who has represented consumers affected by data breaches at Anthem and Home Depot, said part of the problem is voters are not demanding changes loudly enough.
WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - Pressure built on General Motors on Monday to take steps to get 1.6 million of its recalled cars off the road immediately and to establish a compensation fund for consumers affected by the company's faulty ignition switches linked to 12 deaths.
