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mrguyorama on July 12, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly...

Class action suits regularly end up getting you "$5" worth of credit monitoring from the exact company who lost your data. It's a joke. Class action suits as they exist today in the US are an abject failure of justice.

fn-mote on July 12, 2024 [–]

If they end up with the company having to pay anything, it is greater than fines imposed by regulatory agencies… who should be doing this job.

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