Equifax Trims Claims From $380 Million Data Settlement Opt-Outs

Equifax successfully rid itself of claims made by 10 plaintiffs who submitted requests to be excluded from its $380 million settlement over a 2017 data breach, according to a federal judge in Georgia who dismissed the suits but allowed four others to continue.

Out of 300 class actions from 147 million Americans who had their personal information exposed by the data breach, only 14 plaintiffs attempted to opt-out of the settlement.

Judge Thomas W. Thrash of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia agreed with Equifax that the 10 plaintiffs’ claims failed to allege facts showing they ...