Dear Atlas members, Since launching in December, the Atlas platform has empowered tens of thousands of law enforcement officers and other covered persons to send out tens of millions of their own takedown notices to hundreds of data brokers. We have heard about and seen firsthand a range of reactions from data brokers in response to these notices. Several data brokers have acknowledged your notices and complied - they understand their obligations under Daniel's Law and the seriousness of the threat posed by disclosure of sensitive personal information. This is the reaction we all hoped to see and we anticipate working on your behalf with these data brokers to ensure on-going compliance. Unfortunately, it appears that other data brokers are choosing to react differently. In particular, we believe that a data broker named LexisNexis may have recently begun sending letters to officers and their family members who sent them takedown notices. These letters, in our opinion, may be designed to confuse or intimidate officers and their family members into revoking their Daniel’s Law requests. Atlas members have reported receiving a physical letter in the mail from LexisNexis indicating that it has either a) frozen their credit file or b) rejected their request to freeze their credit file. We know that being sent a letter like this out of the blue and with no context provided can be upsetting. We also believe it is an unreasonable and unacceptable response to a simple Daniel’s Law takedown notice. At worst, these communications may be part of a misguided campaign designed to confuse and intimidate law enforcement officers and their family members. As a practical matter, please note that locking or freezing credit files is something that tens of millions of Americans have done and continue to do voluntarily, as a protective measure against identity theft. This is something that is often recommended by security professionals. Regardless, we believe that this action, especially without any context provided, was an unacceptable response by LexisNexis. As part of our efforts on your behalf, we are evaluating a collective response to LexisNexis and will follow up with more information shortly. In the meantime, we ask for your help with the following: If you have received a letter from LexisNexis referencing a freeze (either accepted or rejected), and you are willing to share a copy of it with us, please scan or take a photo of at least the first page and send it to support@atlas.net or reply to me directly via this email. If you have attempted to call LexisNexis in response to receiving a letter, and you are willing to share notes from the call - such as what information they asked you to provide, and where you ended up in the process - please send that information to support@atlas.net or reply to me directly via this email. I can speak for myself and everyone at Atlas when I say that we will not be bullied or intimidated, and we are committed to helping you fully assert your rights under Daniel's Law. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to our support team at 732-392-7873. Matt Adkisson Founder & CEO, Atlas