Interest in Equifax jumped on Thursday after regulators announced the company will be paying up to $20,000 to victims of its massive 2017 security breach.

Equifax, known for doling out consumer credit ratings, became the No. 1 trending topic on Google Thursday as consumers searched for how they might pocket a little bit of that dough, according to http://www.trends.google.com.

Before filing a claim, here are a few tips:

Gather documents proving that you lost time and money due to identify theft after Sept. 7, 2017, which was when hackers stole Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, driver licenses and other sensitive information from 147 million Equifax consumers.

Documents should include police reports, letters from retailers refusing to refund you for your fraudulent charges and account statements with unauthorized charges highlighted.

In addition to losses, you can get recouped for money you spent fighting your identity theft. That means finding bills from lawyers or accountants.

You can also get money for your time in the form of $25 an hour for up to 20 hours of time spent talking on the phone with credit card companies or writing letters and emails explaining how you were the victim of fraud.

To file a claim go to the website www.EquifaxBreachSettlement.com — the product of a deal Equifax hashed out with New York Attorney General Letitia James and dozens of other state AGs as part of a $575 million settlement.

James stressed that the site is run by a third-party administrator, not Equifax, calling it “the first step in helping provide consumers with the tools to recover.”

How much Equifax will pay victims is not yet clear. The FTC agreement calls for a $300 million fund to compensate affected consumers who bought Equifax’s credit-monitoring services. It also includes a $175 million payout to states and districts, plus $100 million to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in civil penalties.

To find out if you are a victim of the breach, which affected 56% of American adults, enter your last name and the last six digits of your Social Security Number in the site.

Claims are due by Jan. 22, 2020, the FTC said, with qualified disbursements beginning on Jan. 23, 2020.

Despite the site’s one-stop filing capability, critics of the settlement claim its demands for extensive documentation unfairly burden breach victims in return for too little relief.

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) issued a statement calling it “just a drop in the bucket of what Equifax’s disregard for privacy could cost American families.” And in an email to Reuters, Ed Mierzwinski of the US Public Interest Research Group dismissed the penalties imposed on Equifax as “a parking ticket — not a penalty.”