http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/22/pf/free-credit-freeze/index.html The new legislation will make placing, lifting, and permanently removing freezes free no matter where you live. It also requires consumer rating companies to fulfill your request within one business day if made online or over the phone, and within three business days if requested by mail. The changes will take effect about […]
If the bill becomes a law, it will offer weaker protections against identity theft, replacing stronger ones currently dictated by individual states. And, as if that were not enough, it would also provide service members an inadequate right to credit monitoring, while paving the way for Equifax and the other national credit bureaus to […]
https://pennrecord.com/stories/511394886-synchrony-bank-accused-of-accessing-individual-s-credit-report-in-attempt-to-collect-discharged-debt
You have heard of credit scores. Heard of China’s social credit scores? Would this ever be allowed in the United States? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-social-credit-system-surveillance-cameras/
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/20/news/companies/wells-fargo-regulators-auto-lending-fine/index.html
Was your information exposed in the latest data breaches at Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5TH, or Under Armour’s MyFitnessPal? If so, here are some steps to take. https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2018/04/breaches-lord-taylor-saks-myfitnesspal?utm_source=govdelivery
On Monday, the social media giant began rolling out a “see how you’re affected” tool at the top of News Feeds to inform users if they’re among the tens of millions of people who had their data improperly harvested by Cambridge Analytica. http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/09/technology/facebook-data-tool-cambridge-analytica/index.html
“Contractor licensing and home remodeling is kind of like the Wild West,” said Adam G. Singer, an attorney [focusing] in consumer protection with offices in Manhattan, Rockland and Westchester counties. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/realestate/how-to-avoid-a-renovation-nightmare.html
A “preliminary analysis” found credit card data was obtained for sales dating back to May 2017, according to the post. The breach likely impacted more than 130 Saks and Lord & Taylor locations across the country, but the “majority of stolen credit cards were obtained from New York and New Jersey locations.”
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2018/03/statement-acting-director-ftcs-bureau-consumer-protection?utm_source=govdelivery