SOE Offers Identity Protection for EU Players

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http://everquest.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=26396



Sony Online Entertainment just announced that it will be providing a complimentary 12 month identity protection program through Affinion International Limited for its eligible Station Account holders in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany. More details can be found in the full press release after the jump.

As a reminder, SOE is also offering 12 months of AllClear ID PLUS at no cost to Station Account holders in the United States. This all stems from the hacker attack that kept SOE offline from May 2-14.


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SOE Press Release

SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT AND AFFINION TO OFFER IDENTITY PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR CUSTOMERS IN EUROPE

Complimentary 12 Month Program to be Provided through Affinion International Limited

SAN DIEGO, May 17, 2011 - Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced it will be providing a complimentary 12 month identity protection program through Affinion International Limited for its eligible Station Account holders in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany. Customers will have the option of enrolling in the program for 60 days after SOE's services come back online by contacting Affinion, one of the world's largest and longest-tenured providers of identity protection services.

Offered through Affinion, the identity protection program will provide eligible customers whose accounts were involved in the criminal cyber-attack on SOE's network with monitoring, surveillance, reporting and insurance.

The service offered by Affinion will provide access to the following components:

Personal Information Protection
Monitoring and alerting service
Personal information protection software
Help, Assistance and Guidance
Dedicated helpline
Victim of fraud support
Financial Protection
Insurance coverage for incurred expenses of identity restoration following identity fraud
Card monitoring and alerting service
Further details on how to contact Affinion to sign-up for the program will be made available soon. Please visit http://www.soe.com/securityupdate frequently for updates