“The $15 million that was imposed on Equifax was a civil money penalty,” says Chi Chi Wu, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. In other words, it was a fine, not a lawsuit fund from ...

They have not yet responded. If you're receiving this email, it means you opted into the class action lawsuit involving the Equifax data breach that happened seven years ago. In September 2017 ...

North Carolina AG investigates a data breach at PowerSchool, potentially exposing personal data of nearly 4 million state ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finished last week with notable actions against a captive finance company and a credit bureau with total penalties against the companies approaching $30 ...

PowerSchool, a software company which works with public schools across North Carolina, had a security breach in mid-December.

The accusations against Equifax mirror allegations made in a lawsuit filed against fellow credit-reporting giant Experian just two weeks ago, in which the consumer watchdog claimed that Experian ...

Equifax settles class-action lawsuit over 2017 data breach that spilt personal data of 147 million Americans (and more than 15.2 million Brits) Equifax has agreed to pay $380.5 million to settle a ...

These actions violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Depending on the outcome of the lawsuit, Equifax will have to bring their policies and processes into compliance with federal law and pay a ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The New York Attorney General announced a settlement with Equifax over inaccuracies in credit scores for New Yorkers. This issue affected about 77,000 residents due to a coding ...

Allegations against Equifax also include coding errors that miscalculate credit scores and share inaccurate consumer credit information with lenders. Depending on the outcome of the lawsuit ...

“The $15 million that was imposed on Equifax was a civil money penalty,” says Chi Chi Wu, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. In other words, it was a fine, not a lawsuit fund ...