New California law protects you against ID theft abc7news.com “The law should require some identity theft protection and any other service that are necessary to try to retrieve the information or limit the amount of damage it can do,” said Edelman. Evans-Longo agrees. One year after his information went missing .. Have you been a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘breach notification’
CALIFORNIA LAW PROTECTS CONSUMERS FROM IDENTITY THEFT
Posted: February 27, 2012 by administrator in FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: atlanta ga, breach notification, California identity theft, fair credit reporting act, fcra lawyer, id fraud, identity fraud, IDENTITY THEFT, identity theft ca, MICAH ADKINS, Orlando FL
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TELETRACK TO PAY $1.8 MILLION TO SETTLE FCRA CLAIMS
Posted: July 21, 2011 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUD, CREDIT DISPUTES, FCRATags: Adverse Action, alabama, annualcreditreport, Atlanta, attorney, birmingham, breach notification, consumer, consumer disclosure, credit, CREDIT REPORT, Dallas, dispute, EQUIFAX, error, EXPERIAN, fair credit reporting act, FCRA, Florida, FRAUD, free report, GEORGIA, huntsville, id fraud, id theft, identity, Jacksonville, law, lawsuit, lawyer, Memphis, mobile, nashville, Orlando, Panama City, pensacola, permissible purpose, permissible use, tallahassee, Teletrack, Tennessee, TEXAS, THEFT, Trans Union, Tuscaloosa
Teletrack, Inc. has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) charges that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FTC alleged Teletrack sold consumers’ credit reports to marketers without a permissible purpose. According to the FTC complaint, Teletrack sold consumer credit reports to payday lenders, rental stores, and sub-prime [...]
I RECEIVED A BREACH NOTIFICATION LETTER – WHAT NEXT?
Posted: July 11, 2011 by administrator in CREDIT DISPUTES, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Adverse Action, alabama, Atlanta, attorney, birmingham, breach, breach notification, credit, CREDIT SCORE, Dallas, data, dispute, fair credit reporting act, FCRA, Federal Trade Commission, Florida, FRAUD, FTC, GEORGIA, huntsville, id fraud, identity, inaccurate, Jacksonville, law, lawsuit, lawyer, MEDICAL CENTER, Memphis, mobile, montgomery, nashville, Orlando, Panama City, PATIENT, pensacola, privacy, report, RIGHTS, tallahassee, Tennessee, TEXAS, THEFT, TROY, Tuscaloosa
Consumers receive breach notification letters (and e-mails) all the time, but do you know what you should do if you receive a breach notification? Chances are, if you live in one of the 46 states with a breach notification law, you have received a notice that your personal identifying information may have been lost or [...]
CREDIT REPORT SCAM EXPOSED
Posted: July 7, 2011 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUD, CREDIT DISPUTES, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: alabama, annualcreditreport, Atlanta, attorney, birmingham, breach notification, consumer, CREDIT REPORT, Dallas, EQUIFAX, EXPERIAN, Florida, FRAUD, free report, GEORGIA, huntsville, id fraud, id theft, identity, Jacksonville, law, lawsuit, lawyer, Memphis, mobile, nashville, Orlando, Panama City, pensacola, tallahassee, Tennessee, TEXAS, THEFT, Trans Union, Tuscaloosa
Don’t be fooled by websites that claim to offer free credit reports. There is only ONE free annual credit report website annualcreditreport.com. We recently discovered a sham free credit website annualcreditreport.info. See the difference? It’s the domain name. .Info versus .com. This is a simple trick used by legitimate and not-so-legitimate companies to make users [...]
CLASS ACTIONS FILED AGAINST SONY FOR PLAYSTATION DATA BREACH
Posted: May 22, 2011 by administrator in CLASS ACTIONS, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, IDENTITY THEFTTags: alabama, Atlanta, attorney, Auburn, birmingham, breach notification, CLASS ACTION, data breach, Data Security, dothan, Florida, GEORGIA, huntsville, id theft, identity fraud, IDENTITY THEFT, lawyer, Miami, MICAH ADKINS, montgomery, Orlando, SONY, Sony PSN, Tuscaloosa
Sony Playstation ‘s recent data breach has resulted in several class actions. At least 25 class action lawsuits have been filed against Sony. The class action lawsuits have been filed in various U.S. federal courts all over the US. The class action complaints allege Sony negligently guarded its customers’ PII. The class action lawsuits also [...]