On January 16, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released Version 1.0 of its Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through Enterprise Risk Management. NIST’s Privacy Framework is a tool meant to aid organizations of all sizes in managing privacy risks without regard to any particular technology, sector, law, or jurisdiction.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a number of other groups that represent financial institutions, health care companies, insurance companies, and retail outlets sent a letter to Secretary of the Federal Communications Commission Marlene H. Dortch on February 5, asking the FCC “to clarify expeditiously” the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system under the
On January 27, Judge Pamela K. Chen of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York denied a defendant debt collector’s motion to dismiss. Plaintiff Olga Madorskaya filed a lawsuit, individually and on behalf of a class, against Frontline Asset Strategies, LLC, claiming that a debt collection notice misrepresented the amount
On Feb. 3, plaintiff Bernadette Barnes filed a class action lawsuit hoping to be the first case to rely on the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The complaint was filed over a data breach that allegedly occurred before the CCPA’s Jan. 1, 2020, effective date.
Given this timing, this case will not test the
On January 29, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Comprehensive Credit Act (“the Act”). Packaging several Democrat-sponsored bills together, the Act garnered the support of all but two of the present House Democrats. If enacted into law, the Act would significantly change the information that credit reports can contain, expand the processes available
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorneys, David Anthony, Cindy Hanson, and Timothy St. George will be presenting during the 2020 Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) Mid-Year Conference in Arlington, VA from April 19-21, 2020. The Mid-Year Legislative & Regulatory Conference is held each year in the spring. The focus is
This month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Education entered into a Memorandum of Understanding intended to enhance their level of collaboration with respect to complaints and concerns raised by student loan consumers.
The agreement provides that the two federal agencies will, to the extent permitted by privacy laws, share consumer complaint
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorneys David Anthony and Bill Hurd will be presenting during the Conference of Tribal Lending Commissioners (CTLC) Spring Meeting at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, NV on March 2nd, 2020.
The CTLC is a non-profit volunteer organization founded by and for American Indian tribes’ financial
The Eastern District of New York recently decided a motion to dismiss, denying Defendant’s motion as to Plaintiff’s claims under the FCRA and dismissing Plaintiff’s claims under the FDCPA. A copy of the Court’s opinion can be found here. This case involved claims concerning a disputed tradeline on Plaintiff’s credit report. The Court found
In March 2019, plaintiffs Axel Derval and Morgan Simmons initiated a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action lawsuit against Xaler – a cannabis delivery company. Plaintiffs alleged that Xaler employs a “uniform policy of causing text messages to be sent to consumers’ cellular telephones on Xaler’s behalf without prior express consent.” Xaler asserts that it