 The Navy also paid McVeigh's $90,000 in legal expenses.In a separate settlement reached months earlier but not announced until McVeigh settled with the Navy, AOL apologized and agreed to pay McVeigh damages for having improperly disclosed his identity.Outside the settlement, AOL announced plans to provide all of its 5,000 customer-service representatives with "scenario training" to protect their clients' privacy, and it posted a new version of its privacy policy online written to be "understandable to us mere mortals".