This month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) started the new year by filing an amicus brief in an ongoing appeal in the First Circuit focusing on an interpretation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), specifically 1692e.
Do consumers attend a Christian church? Are they the parents of preschoolers? Would the description “wealthy and not healthy” apply to them? By tracking people’s mobile devices, Texas-based InMarket Media has collected their precise geolocation and cross-referenced their location histories with other personal data to categorize them into roughly 2,000 different audience segments that the company then marketed for the purpose of targeted advertising. According to a proposed FTC complaint,
The proposal would amend Regulations E and Z and includes a benchmark for overdraft fees compared to bank costs. Comments are due by April 1.
Each week, ACA International’s compliance team covers relevant case summaries for ACA members. Here’s a rundown of recent top FCRA, TCPA and FDCPA cases we’ve covered.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and seven state attorneys general sued Strategic Financial Solutions (SFS) and its web of shell companies for running an illegal debt-relief enterprise. The CFPB and state attorneys general also sued the chief architects of the illegal enterprise, Ryan Sasson and Jason Blust.
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