Did you receive a notice from Debt-collection company? Did you receive a mail about a class action that Debt-collection company data breach affects 500K people with past-due Bank of America accounts? This review will help you partake in the class action settlement after confirming the authenticity of the mail.
What Is Debt-collection company data breach Class Action Settlement?
A sample notice states an unauthorized party gained access to confidential client information maintained by NCB Management Services, a national debt collection agency. The data breach was reportedly discovered Feb. 4 and potentially affects about 500,000 consumers with past-due Bank of America accounts.
What Is This Class Action All About?
Customers with past due Bank of America accounts may have had their confidential client information accessed by an unauthorized third party due to a debt collection data breach, Law360 reports.
NCB says it confirmed March 8 that Bank of America accounts were affected by the breach.
The impacted Bank of America credit card accounts have already been closed, the notice states.
“The unauthorized activity on NCB’s systems has been stopped, and NCB has obtained assurances that the third party no longer has any of the information on its systems,” according to the sample notice.
The information accessed in the debt collection data breach may include names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birthdates, driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, routing numbers and account balances.
“We are not aware of any use or distribution of the potentially accessed information,” the sample notice states.
Bank of America says its systems were not affected by the debt collection data breach.
NCB is reportedly working with federal law enforcement authorities.
Who Is Eligible?
The settlement benefits all Customers with past due Bank of America accounts who may have had their confidential client information accessed by an unauthorized third party due to a debt collection data breach.
How To Be Part of This Settlement
For class member to partake in this settlement, class members must submit a valid claim on the settlement website.
What Is The Pay For This Settlement?
The pay for this settlement varies and the proof of purchase is not necessary.
Conclusion
As you submit your claim to the settlement website, just like the Twitter class action settlement we have reviewed, you’re doing so under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim.
