Civitas held a community meeting to ask neighbors what they would like to see in the park. The options included everything from recreation fields to nature walks.
A VERIFY viewer asked if a letter she got was legit. It is, but what now? Experts say victims unfortunately don't have much recourse.ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Getting a letter in the mail saying your personal information was likely made available to hackers in a data breach can be a lot to take in. There are so many questions: Am I in danger of identity theft? What do I do now?
She was told scammers could have gotten a hold of her name, birth date, address, Medicare Health Insurance Claim Number and some other medical/health insurance information.Was there really a data breach at Greylock McKinnon Associates, Inc. involving Medicare information stored by the Department of Justice?notice
GMA clarified those whose information was shared with GMA were not part of the litigation in question, and their Medicare benefits or coverage had not been impacted by the breach.GMA offered two years of free credit monitoring to victims of the data breach to get notified of any changes to their credit profile. This is a common procedure for companies that get hit with cyberattacks that jeopardize consumers' personal information.
Kylie Mason, Communication Director for the Office of Attorney General Ashley Moody confirmed to VERIFY that GMA had not sent a notice to them, indicating this breach did not impact more than 500 Floridians. Mason said their office was aware of the breach, however.told VERIFY that when a breach involves personal health records, an entity must let consumers know no later than 60 days after the breach was discovered.
"If they continue to say, 'Oh, we're investigating, we're investigating, we're investigating,' they can really drag it on for a long time...before they say 'OK, we're sure data was breached," Kron said."And unfortunately, the recourse for individuals and the victims generally has to be through legal means, such as a civil suit or something along those lines."Class-action lawsuits against companies that suffer data breaches are extremely common.
"Unfortunately, in my experience, and I know this is going to sound kind of pessimistic, but when it comes to class action lawsuits, the people that benefit are the lawyers," Kron explained."They make the money off the deal. They benefit from it. The individuals — not so much, usually."
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