their loss and they re going to pay to make sure something like this doesn t happen again. reporter: equifax will pay $575 million to consumers including $300 million for free credit monitoring services. alison thompson received a letter saying her data may have been compromised and says she still won t be able to trust the company. you pay them to protect you. you pay them to get your credit report and then they make money by selling your information. i just think it s kind of disgusting. reporter: the ceo of equifax trying to restore that trust today. today s announcement put the consumer fund in place that will give consumers peace of mind that their identity is going to be watched with the credit monitoring that will be offered. reporter: the massive settlement will give $25 for each hour spent ensuring information was protected, reimbursement for certain credit monitoring, and ten years of free credit monitoring going forward. for more information you can visit ftc.gov/e