06-01-2008, 05:57 AM | #1 (permalink) |
The Reverend Side Boob
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Joining a class action lawsuit
Well, thanks to the negligence of my old bank coupled with what I consider to be a pretty half-assed coverup job by its affiliates, I am awaiting response from a local law firm who is heading a class action suit against People's United Bank, among other banks tied up in the incident.
Just a brief synopsis of what happened, People's Bank and a few others share customer data with BNY Mellon. While transporting information by truck, a box of tapes full of unencrypted data with the personal information and account numbers of as many as 4.5 million customers managed to "vanish". Rather than report it immediately as required by CT state law, they gave no mention of it to any authorities for nearly a month. Hell, I didn't even get the letter in the mail officially informing me of the incident until May 31st. This bank, as it was also discovered, also threw out customer information in dumpsters without shredding or incinerating it, since it was "costly and time consuming." Link to CT Post article here: http://www.connpost.com/ci_9397948 So now, I have to watch my credit score/history like a hawk for years to come, to protect myself from identity theft. So my question to all of you, have any of you joined in on a class action suit before? Was much, if any, additional followup on your part required once the case was underway? How did you end up compensation-wise? My father is also curious about this, as he is looking into joining a class action suit against a pharmaceutical company who covered up the effects of a drug, ultimately causing death among 10's of thousands by renal failure for patients who underwent open heart surgery (which lead to the death of my grandmother as well).
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06-01-2008, 06:11 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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I have never been in a class action before either. But I'm part of that same People's/Mellon fuckup. And last year, I was part of the State of Connecticut lost laptop fuckup.
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06-01-2008, 06:16 AM | #3 (permalink) |
The Reverend Side Boob
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Have you put any thought into joining in this suit? I think its asinine that they feel their "one year of credit checking" bullshit is supposed to seem like fair justification.
"We just thought you'd like to know, that yes, someone has in fact opened 50 credit card accounts with your information, you should get on that. Thanks for working with People's!"
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06-01-2008, 03:51 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I have been part of a few class actions lawsuits.
In being part of them required nothing but my signature on a form if I was to disclude myself from the lawsuit. here's what came of it: CD price fixing: I got $20 check. Microsoft price fixing: I got $79 coupon. Bausch & Lomb product solution fraud: I got some more coupons AT&T wireless extra fee fixing: I got even more coupons for usage in their stores for accessories. Allstate inflated premiums: I never got notified of anything aside from the initial paperwork. I don't know maybe it's pending. Personally class action suits suck balls. Taking someone to court also sucks balls. The only winners here are the lawyers. Recently my old employer was hacked and data was compromised, they are paying for 3 years of following someone's credit reports or something like that. When it comes to that information, it's my responsibility to monitor it anyways, so I don't really care if they pay for it or not. edit: sorry I got $20 check from the music companies for overpricing CDs for many many years.
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06-01-2008, 04:47 PM | #5 (permalink) | |
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06-01-2008, 07:00 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Compensation is always crap. Even if it's cash (well, a cashable check) it's for peanuts. *shrug* Not saying don't do it, just don't expect much of it either!
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06-01-2008, 07:12 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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I joined the CD price fixing lawsuit back when it was going, and I joined the Airborne homeopathic remedy suit because I bought some back when I was dumb and thought that homeopathic therapy was capable of doing anything. I got my CD settlement check, I'm looking forward to whatever I get from Airborne's fraud.
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06-02-2008, 03:25 AM | #8 (permalink) | |
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Cynthetiq you forgot the netflix where you got 1 free month i think or 1 extra movie for a month.
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06-02-2008, 04:56 AM | #9 (permalink) |
The Reverend Side Boob
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I'm not really expecting to get much monetarily out of the case. I'm more or less looking to stick it up this banks ass and give them as much negative press as possible if it doesn't involve much work on my end.
Thanks all for the suggestions. I'm definitely signing on board.
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06-02-2008, 06:37 AM | #10 (permalink) | ||
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I am not really up on the law side of it, but you may want to check up on services like LifeLock. I wouldn't recommend buying the service though. From reading what they do, <a href="#article1>their job</a> can be taken care of by something as simple as an automated emailing script that anyone could write themselves after three or four Google searches. The only real benefit is the million dollars LifeLock will spend to get your life back on track after fraud dirties your name.
Also, the guy that started LifeLock, the one that puts his real social security number in ads, <a href="#article2">has had one successfully theft of his identity (guy in Texas duped loan officers for $500.00)</a>.
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06-02-2008, 12:58 PM | #11 (permalink) | |
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yes I forgot about the Netflix one... that's because I just got a month free, which I really didn't notice at all since I'm still a subscriber.
Heck, I signed up for the airborne one because I have purchased it in the past. I dunno if it worked or not, but I did like the fact I got an interesting bubbly beverage. Quote:
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