<story><title>Equifax Is Said to Be Near $650M Settlement for Data Breach</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/equifax-data-breach-settlement.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tuxxy</author><text>I took Equifax to small claims. When that didn&amp;#x27;t pay up, I appealed and removed to higher courts. I continued doing this until it wasn&amp;#x27;t worth it for me. I think I cost Equifax a total of at least $20K USD. They had to keep flying lawyers back and forth from Atlanta to where I lived and put them in hotels.&lt;p&gt;I think I got them to spend more than I would have received in any settlement.&lt;p&gt;Fun note, my judge in small claims dismissed my case but said the following before dismissing it, &amp;quot;Mr. tuxxy, I would not trust Equifax with my dog&amp;#x27;s vaccination records. I&amp;#x27;m absolutely appalled in the lack of protections Equifax provides for the personal data of Americans, however I&amp;#x27;m afraid I don&amp;#x27;t see a case for negligence...&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;She lectured Equifax&amp;#x27;s lawyers a bit on what a shitty offer credit monitoring was for the loss of my PII for a bit, then sent us out.&lt;p&gt;I trolled their legal team a bit near the end and tried to settle for $3.50 after mediation failed, but I wanted them to refer to the $3.50 as &amp;quot;tree-fiddy&amp;quot; in the settlement, but they refused. Oh well...</text></comment>
<story><title>Equifax Is Said to Be Near $650M Settlement for Data Breach</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/equifax-data-breach-settlement.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>FlyingLawnmower</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t understand how Facebook got a $5B fine, yet Equifax gets a ~$650m fine. The data breached in the Equifax case seems to cause far more direct harm, and affected many more Americans. It feels like the 10x difference should go the other way.&lt;p&gt;Can someone more educated in how these fines work teach me about how these numbers are calculated?</text></comment>