Charlies Tax Service, LLC was the subject of a data breach notification filed with the NE Attorney General. The AG filing was recorded on March 7, 2025.
Data Exposed
Charlies Tax Service, LLC was the subject of a data breach notification filed with the NE Attorney General. The AG filing was recorded on March 7, 2025.
Charlies Tax Service, LLC appears to be a tax preparation and financial services firm that assists individuals and businesses with filing annual tax returns and managing financial records. In the regular course of business, the company typically collects and stores sensitive personal and financial data, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, banking details, and prior tax documents. In 2025, Charlies Tax Service, LLC officially reported a data breach to the Nebraska Attorney General's office following a security incident affecting their systems. Individuals whose personal information was potentially compromised should have received a formal data breach notification letter in the mail outlining the specifics of the incident. This page provides a summary of the reported event to help affected clients understand what data may have been exposed and what protective steps they can take.
Based on the data types reported, affected individuals face:
Your SSN is the master key to your identity. Once exposed, criminals can open new lines of credit, take out loans, or file taxes in your name.
Combined with a name and other leaked data, date of birth helps criminals pass identity verification questions at banks and government agencies.
Home address exposure can enable mail theft, package fraud, and targeted phishing attacks that reference your known location.
What the Nebraska Financial Data Protection and Consumer Notification of Data Security Breach Act and federal statutes entitle you to recover:
The hours spent responding to a data breach — canceling accounts, contacting credit bureaus, updating passwords, and investigating fraud — represent compensable economic harm in data breach litigation.
Once your SSN is exposed, protection becomes an ongoing expense. Plaintiffs in data breach settlements have recovered costs for credit freezes, identity protection subscriptions, and time spent dealing with fraudulent accounts — sometimes covering multiple years of exposure.
Fees charged to close and reopen accounts, issue replacement cards, or dispute fraudulent transactions are recoverable in data breach litigation. So are the costs of overdrafts, late payments, and credit damage caused by unauthorized activity.
Several state data breach laws provide for statutory minimum damages — fixed amounts recoverable per affected individual regardless of actual loss. These provisions exist specifically to make legal action viable for victims who have not yet experienced direct harm.
Note: an attorney general breach filing does not by itself establish a settlement fund, a payment amount, or a claim deadline. If an official settlement notice is later issued, rely on that notice for payment details and deadlines.
No. Under Nebraska Financial Data Protection and Consumer Notification of Data Security Breach Act and federal law, the unauthorized exposure of your personal data — regardless of whether it has been actively misused — can be sufficient grounds for a claim. The breach itself is the injury.
Nothing. The Law Office of David S. Harris handles data breach cases on contingency — you pay zero upfront and owe nothing unless compensation is recovered.
Immediately place a free credit freeze at all three bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion). A freeze blocks new accounts from being opened in your name. Then file a complaint with the FTC at IdentityTheft.gov and contact our office — SSN exposure is one of the most serious breach types.
Banks may reverse fraudulent charges, but they are not obligated to compensate you for time lost, stress, or indirect damages. A class action claim against the breached company can recover those additional categories of harm.
Statutes of limitations for data breach claims vary by state but typically run 2–4 years. Depending on when you learned of the breach, you may still have time. Contact our office for a free eligibility review — there is no cost to find out.
Accepting free credit monitoring from Charlies Tax Service, LLC does not waive your right to pursue legal action unless you signed a specific release waiving claims. In most cases, victims who accepted monitoring can still file.
Not necessarily. Many data breach victims are never notified directly. If your personal information was held by Charlies Tax Service, LLC during the relevant period, you may still qualify even without receiving a letter. A free eligibility review can confirm your status.
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