When I heard the news that the Federal Trade Commission was going to begin regulating the way identity theft prevention is advertised, my mind flashed on all the deceptive advertising about free-but-not-so-free credit reports and I was hopeful. I actually...
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Erica Possin deserves a parade, or at least a round of applause. Erica, a college student, is standing up to the mammoth credit bureau Experian as the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit filed against FreeCreditReport.com (a/k/a Experian). The...
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It isn't just the economy that's sinking to new lows, many debt collectors are too! Listen to abusive, threatening and harassing phone calls from debt collectors who continue to violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Dianne McLeod, is suing...
A federal judge on Friday appeared to deliver a blow to both LifeLock and consumers when he ruled that LifeLock may not continue to set fraud alerts on behalf of consumers. But it appears that while Experian was busy trying to...
Here's my response to Jones Day's email and phone call alerting me to a pending Subpoena involving their client Experian -and their ongoing lawsuit against LifeLock. For my additional comments on this latest turn of events, and links to various...
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