Sony Online Entertainment 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.
,br> 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.