Identity Theft
Are Companies in Bankruptcy Throwing Away Your Personal Info?
We’ll get back to the “Back to Basics” series later, but first, a bit of news on the intersection of bankruptcy and consumer privacy rights.
This article from MSNBC.com suggests the answer is “yes” and the privacy implications are alarming, to say the least:
As recently as August, First Magnus Financial Corp. was the subject of a [...]
Fourth Circuit to Equifax: FCRA Means What It Says About Stolen & Mishandled Information
Pay up: that’s the Fourth Circuit panel’s bottom line to CRA (credit reporting agency) Equifax in Sloane v. Equifax, No. 06-2044 (Dec. 27, 2007), a Fair Credit Reporting Act (”FCRA”) case decided late last month. You can read the case for yourself here (PDF Format): Sloane v. Equifax decision.
Facts of Sloane Case
Ms. Sloane, the plaintiff, [...]
Identity Theft Resources
Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips Blog has some resources collected in this post to assist consumers dealing with identity theft.
ID theft seems to have dropped off the media’s radar lately - we don’t hear as much about it as we used to. I guess they’ve moved on to the subprime/foreclosure crisis. But it’s still [...]
SC Senator Takes on ID Theft Legislation After Wife is Victimized
It’s too bad it takes a personal impact like Lisa Cleary’s to generate interest in revisiting ID theft laws. But then again, Lisa’s husband, Senator Ray Cleary, from Murrells Inlet, isn’t your ordinary theft-victim’s husband, and he wasn’t about to sit back and let the opportunity pass to prevent others from experiencing the excruciating losses [...]
Happy New Year from the SC Bankruptcy & Consumer Lawyer!
I love new years - so much opportunity to do things over, or in some cases “right”! I have a similar post today at the SC Employment Law Blog, and wanted to take this opportunity to share with you an incredibly helpful hint for one of my own consumer-related resolutions this year: Protecting myself [...]
New ID Theft Scam Alert: Jury Duty
Kudos to Freedman Consulting’s Law Practice Management blog for alerting me to this one: an Identity Theft scam that starts with a stern-sounding call from someone who identifies him- or herself as a “jury coordinator” and tells you that a warrant has been issued for your arrest due to your failure to appear for jury [...]
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