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Krebs on Security
AUGUST 3, 2020
The Blacklist Alliance provides technologies and services to marketing firms concerned about lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 law that restricts the making of telemarketing calls through the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voice messages.
Krebs on Security
JULY 25, 2018
Identity theft protection firm LifeLock — a company that’s built a name for itself based on the promise of helping consumers protect their identities online — may have actually exposed customers to additional attacks from ID thieves and phishers. million customer accounts. Click to enlarge.
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Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Consumers will buy products without proper security features, unaware that their information is vulnerable. And current liability laws make it hard to hold companies accountable for shoddy software security. It falls upon lawmakers to create laws that protect consumers. Right now, we have a market failure.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
Enacted in May 2018, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act rolls back some of the restrictions placed on banks in the wake of the Great Recession of the last decade. By the same token, freezes do nothing to prevent crooks from abusing unauthorized access to these existing accounts.
Identity IQ
APRIL 13, 2022
How to Protect Yourself from Rental Scams. Competition grows fiercer by the day in the nation’s hottest housing markets, and that translates to a competitive rental market as well. The post How to Protect Yourself from Rental Scams appeared first on IdentityIQ written by Kristin Austin. IdentityIQ.
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. And even those only protect consumers from some of the harms, and only those suffered after Equifax admitted to the breach. Worse, the financial markets reward bad security.
Identity IQ
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently asked several buy now, pay later, or BNPL, providers for information related to some concerns it has about short-term installment plans. During the pandemic, with consumers conserving cash and seeking alternative methods of credit, the service exploded in popularity.
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