Back in October, Equifax and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) agreed to settle charges that Equifax violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act by improperly selling lists of millions of consumers who were late on their mortgages. In settling the FTC’s complaint, Equifax agreed to pay its full…
Category: Breaches
AG Kilmartin Joins $7 Million Multistate Settlement Over Google Street View
I imagine we’ll see one of these from every AG’s office involved, but this is the first I’ve seen and it links to the agreement… Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin Tuesday joined 37 states and the District of Columbia in a $7 million settlement with Internet giant Google over its collection of data from unsecured…
Not So Settled: FTC Language Change Could Add Liability
E. J. Schultz reports: When faced with allegations of false advertising, the goal for most marketers is pretty simple: settle and stay out of court. But that might be harder to do as the Federal Trade Commission begins taking a harder line on deals, requiring new boilerplate language that ad lawyers say could harm the…
High Court decision due on appeal over data breach award
The Independent reports on a case in Ireland: A High Court judgment is expected to be given this week after an insurance company appealed against an award of €15,000 damages to a man over a breach of his data protection rights, writes Colm Kelpie. FBD Insurance did not pay out on a claim relating to a…