MEDICAL DATA BREACHES ON THE RISE
Healthcare organizations need to “serve as their own watchdog” to increase security and decrease data breaches, a new report from…
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$25 BILLION MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT WITH BANK OF AMERICA, CHASE, CITIGROUP, WELLS FARGO, AND ALLY FINANCIAL
The announcement today that 49 states and the federal government had agreed to a $25 billion settlement with banks over…
Read More →$110 MILLION OVERDRAFT CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT WITH JP MORGAN CHASE FOR OVERDRAFT FEES
J.P. Morgan Chase has agreed to settle a $110 million class-action lawsuit filed by customers over the way the bank…
Read More →APPS MAY VIOLATE FCRA – FTC SENDS WARNING LETTER TO EVERIFY, INFOPAY AND INTELLIGATOR
The Federal Trade Commission warned marketers of six mobile applications that provide background screening apps that they may be violating…
Read More →SOUTH CAROLINA MAN SPENDS 2 YEARS TRYING TO CORRECT EQUIFAX CREDIT REPORT
A South Carolina man, Mike St. Peter, has fought Equifax for years to correct his credit report. The problem started…
Read More →GETTING YOUR FREE CREDIT REPORT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP IN PREVENTING ID THEFT
The most important thing people can do to protect themselves from identity theft is to obtain their credit reports regularly,…
Read More →FTC WARNS MARKETERS THAT APPS MAY VIOLATE FCRA
FTC Sends Letter to Marketers of Six Apps for Background Screening The Federal Trade Commission warned marketers of six mobile…
Read More →BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA – TWO INDICTED ON IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY
Two people were indicted on charges of identity theft in Birmingham, Alabama. One woman, Mariana Biserova Pashova and Antonio Velikov were charged with…
Read More →IDENTITY THEFT IN THE NEWS – WEEKLY UPDATE
Some US banks awash in ID theft tax-fraud proceeds as IRS cracks down Reuters Blogs (blog) Identity-theft tax fraud schemes…
Read More →CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED OVER STRATFOR DATA BREACH – THOUSANDS OF CREDIT CARD NUMBERS STOLEN
Geopolitical analysis company Stratfor has been hit with a lawsuit this week after a computer hacker stole information on thousands of…
Read More →Sen. Paul to Challenge Cordray Recess Appointment
Politico (2/1, Kim) reports that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) “is joining a legal challenge to President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to…
Read More →DEBT COLLECTOR ASSET ACCEPTANCE SETTLES LAWSUIT FOR $2.5 MILLION
One of the nation’s largest consumer debt buyers has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle Federal…
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