The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or CFPB and the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court against Katharine Snyder, Performance Arbitrage Company Inc., and Life Funding Options Inc.
As we enter into fall before winter’s blasts, baby boomers are looking at personal and company responsibility. With climate change, corporate wrongdoing, and social media privacy mistakes, baby boomer bloggers are writing about responsibility.
Corporations keep breaking the law, and the Department of Justice keeps refusing to prosecute them, a report finds. The DOJ’s refusal to bring criminal prosecutions against big banks, big pharma, and other big businesses has led to a failure to deter repeat offenders.
When a natural disaster occurs, scammers are right there, adapting their fraudulent techniques to the latest emergency. If you suffered damage from Hurricane Dorian, or if you’re looking for ways to help those in need, you can get information at ftc.gov/weatheremergencies.
Google and its subsidiary YouTube agreed to pay a record $170 million Wednesday to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General’s Office that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent.
When a natural disaster occurs, scammers appear everywhere quickly to try to steal money. People who want to support those who have been impacted need to be prudent when assessing what organizations to donate to.
Fifty-one attorneys general announced an agreement Thursday with 12 telecommunications providers on a set of principles intended to limit and prevent robocalls. The providers have agreed to incorporate these principles into their business practices.
ITT Educational Services Inc. has agreed to a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or CFPB to resolve the agency’s lawsuit, which alleges that ITT engaged in predatory lending practices in its private loan program.
Although dozens of people have said on Facebook that you can easily get the $125 from the Equifax data breach settlement, the answer is no, you can’t. When you go to the website, you need to list what activities you did related to the breach that cost you money.
