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By enrolling in the free "Identity Theft Protection" you waive your right to "PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, CLASS ARBITRATION, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ACTION" https://trustedidpremier.com/static/terms

It is a scam to get people to sign away their rights to sue the bastards.

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IANAL, but I'm not sure that you are correct. The agreement refers to claims "arising from or relating to the subject matter of this Agreement or the Products", and the title of the agreement is "TrustedID Premier Terms of Use".

Doesn't that mean you're waiving your right to sue TrustedID, Inc. in a class action for grievances related to the TrustedID monitoring product, not your right to sue Equifax for the data breach?

Can anyone with a legal background or have connections to news outlets validate this? I read through the terms and this really does seem to be the case. However, I am certainly not in a position to decide this. It would alleviate my concerns if a trusted source could publicly report on how the impacted (pretty much everyone in the US) should respond to leak.

Aha, that explains why the site works so hard to gather your info and then suddenly loses interest in doing anything much else!

Shit I hope I don't miss out on like $3.37 of class-action BOUNTY!

Shit. I already submitted and should've read the fine print. I need to un-enroll.

If you look at the site ToS you can send an opt out to arbitration by mail to them within 30 days, at least for the Equifax general ToS

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