This is a breaking news 3D Alert in response to the Equifax settlement announced earlier this week.

LINCOLN – Today, Attorney General Doug Peterson filed a lawsuit against Hilton, a multinational hotel company, for hiding the true price of hotel rooms from consumers and charging hidden resort fees to increase profits. 

Today, Attorney General Peterson joined 49 attorneys general announcing a settlement with Equifax concerning the credit-reporting agency’s 2017 data breach. This was the largest-ever consumer data breach exposing the data of 56 percent of American adults.

Attorney General Peterson and 29 other attorneys general entered into a settlement today that requires Premera Blue Cross, the largest health insurance company in the Pacific Northwest, to pay a total of $10 million to the states over its failure to secure sensitive consumer data. Premera’s insufficient data security exposed the protected health information and personal information of more than 10.4 million consumers nationwide to a hacker, including over 10,000 Nebraskans.  Nebraska will receive $50,451 from the settlement.

3D Consumer Alert is a series of 60-second educational radio spots written and produced by the Consumer Protection Division of the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office.