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(2) That the user has not been impacted; OR

(3) An unclear message listing a date at which the user could enroll in Equifax’s “TrustedID
Premier” service without further information as to whether their identity had been stolen.

The third option listed a date and said:

“Please be sure to mark your calendar as you will not receive additional reminders. On or after
your enrollment date, please return to faq.trustedidpremier.com and click the link to continue

through the enrollment process.”

For implications this massive, this tool proves more burdensome than useful. Adding to that, it’s
also asking users to enter the very information consumers are warned daily about not to

provide.

Time to Wake Up, These Execs Did...Insider Trading Alert?

According to Bloomberg news, three days after the breach, Chief Financial Officer John Gamble

sold shares worth $946,374; Joseph Loughran, president of U.S. information solutions,
exercised options to dispose of stock worth $584,099; and Rodolfo Ploder, president of
workforce solutions, sold $250,458 of stock on Aug. 2. Totaling almost $1.8 million in shares,
none of these transactions were part of the 10(b)(5)-1 trading plans. The company indicated that

these executives were not informed of the breach at the time. Ironic? The SEC is investigating
the potential of insider trading as it pertains to these three executives.

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