A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action lawsuit, ruling the defendant needed to disclose that a partial payment could restart the statute of limitations on a time-barred debt and that a reference to contacting the defendant by phone for further assistance overshadows that disputes must be made in writing.
Health tech company HealthEquity has suffered a data breach, though unconnected to other recent attacks. The company revealed that attack in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this week, saying that hackers had stolen the “protected health information” of some customers.
This case highlights the complexities of legal disputes involving debt collection and credit reporting and underscores the importance of providing detailed evidence and understanding specific legal standards when pursuing such claims. A consumer visited her primary physician, who recommended a colonoscopy and introduced her to Dr. Siddiqui, a gastroenterologist.
Amid the chatter regarding the elections, the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology recently released a report on Americans’ views of “Do Not Track”. They found that 87% of the 1,200 people surveyed had never heard of Do Not Track. The Do Not Track regulations that privacy groups began advocating for over 5 years ago calls for an opt-out mechanism that would allow people to opt-out once from all behavioral advertising.
Federal officials recently banned a software provider from selling, disclosing, or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes – and ordered to pay $16.5 million. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged that Avast unfairly collected, stored, and sold consumers’ browsing information without adequate consent or notice.
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