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Identity Theft Civil Monetary Penalty

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: May 2024

Kaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million current and former members that their personal information may have been compromised when it was transmitted to tech giants Google, Microsoft Bing and X (formerly Twitter) when...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Recent Settlements and Penalties Show Perils of Data Breaches

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Two major U.S. financial institutions, Morgan Stanley and Capital One, recently agreed to resolve separate class action lawsuits by paying, in the aggregate, hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for massive data...more

Cozen O'Connor

Smart Home Monitoring Company Pays $20 Million To Settle Allegations Of Consumer Credit Reports Misuse

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) reached a settlement with smart home security and monitoring company Vivint Smart Homes Inc. (“Vivint”) to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained and misused consumer credit...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB files lawsuit against debt collector and CEO for alleged FCRA, FDCPA, CFPA violations

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On September 25, 2019, the CFPB filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Maryland against Maryland-based debt collector FCO Holding, Inc. (“FCO”), its various subsidiaries and Michael E. Sobota, the CEO, president,...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

FTC Shuts Down Websites that Sold Fake Documents

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Heard any good lawyer jokes lately? Having been in practice for almost 25 years, I've heard quite a few from friends and clients. How about, "What's the difference between a vulture and a lawyer? . .. The vulture doesn't get...more

Baker Donelson

Case Study of a CFPB Enforcement Action: In re JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; and Chase Bank USA, N.A.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) brought an enforcement action against JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Chase Bank USA, N.A. (collectively, the Bank), pursuant to 12 U.S.C. §§ 5563 and 5565 with regard to their...more

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CFPB and OCC Issue Joint Enforcement Action Related to Credit Card Practices

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The CFPB announced that it and the OCC have issued a consent order against two affiliated banks alleging violations of federal consumer protection laws for deceptive marketing of their add-on products (i.e., payment...more

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