Equifax was heavily fined by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for not adequately investigating consumer credit report ...

Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman is urging consumers to be aware of the steps they can take to protect their ...

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 has also agreed to bring its dispute resolution processes into compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other government requirements, said the agency. The CFPB filed a lawsuit in ...

Equifax is one of three major credit reporting ... The $15 million civil penalty follows a lawsuit CFPB filed against another credit bureau, Experian, on Jan. 7, alleging the company conducted ...

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 ...

“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 ...