RESTAURANT SETTLES DATA BREACH LAWSUIT
Recently, the The Briar Group agreed to settle a data breach lawsuit by filed by Massachusetts’ Attorney General Martha Coakley. The…
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HACKER GROUP “ANONYMOUS” LINKED TO SONY PSN DATA BREACH
Hacker group known as “Anonymous” is linked to he massive Sony PSN data breach, according to the Register. The Sony…
Read More →I WAS DENIED CREDIT – WHAT NEXT?
Have you recently been denied credit? What should you do next? The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) provides consumers with the…
Read More →TEXAS TO OFFER FREE CREDIT MONITORING
The state of Texas is now offering free credit monitoring to Texans included in the most recent data loss incident. …
Read More →EPSILON BREACH INCLUDES VALUE CITY FURNITURE CREDIT CARDS
Recently, Epsilon experienced a data breach. The hackers accessed thousands of subscribers personal identifying information. One customer of Epsilon’s services,…
Read More →SONY PLAY STATION DATA BREACH
Sony thinks an “unauthorized person” now has access to all PlayStation Network account information and passwords, and may have obtained…
Read More →CONSUMER WINS AT TRIAL AGAINST ARROW FINANCIAL
Debtor defense lawyer, Micah Adkins, won at trial today against Arrow Financial. The plaintiff, Arrow Financial, LLC, accused the unnamed…
Read More →GEORGIA IDENTITY THEFT CONVICTION
A Georgia man plead guilty to identity theft and fraud. Law enforcement found the man with over 675,000 credit card numbers. The…
Read More →DEBT COLLECTOR MIDLAND CREDIT SUED BY MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL
The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office accused a Midland Credit of harassing consumers for debts they didn’t owe or already paid years earlier. The…
Read More →IDENTITY THEFT #1 CONSUMER COMPLAINT TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION IN 2010
For the 11th consecutive year, in 2010, identity theft was at the top of complaint list submitted by consumers the FTC, according to…
Read More →8TH CIRCUIT – CONSUMERS HAVE NO PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION UNDER FCRA UNLESS CONSUMER FIRST DISPUTES CREDIT REPORT WITH EQUIFAX, EXPERIAN OR TRANS UNION
ANDERSON v. EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Chad L. Anderson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EMC Mortgage Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 09-3906. United States Court of…
Read More →MOBILE, ALABAMA WOMAN IS A VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT
A Mobile, Alabama woman claims she is a victim of identity theft. According to Hubert Tate, FOX10, Tampa police are investigating an…
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