( May 16, 2017, 22:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs have filed a motion asking US District Judge Jeffrey S. White to grant final approval to a settlement agreement for a class action lawsuit against Yapstone for allegedly exposing consumers' personally identifiable information during a data breach. Under the terms of the agreement, Yapstone will provide class members with a year of identity-theft protection valued at $4,853,202, and distribute $120,000 split evenly between two data security nonprofits: Public Justice and the UC Berkeley School of Information, Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity. Yapstone also agreed to improve its data security.See document below. ...
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