In a unanimous decision on March 1, 2011, the Supreme Court held in FCC v. AT&T that corporations do not have personal privacy rights under the Freedom of Information Act, reversing a 2009 Third Circuit decision.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Credit Report Resellers Settle FTC Charges Over Poor Security
Posted in FTC EnforcementThe Federal Trade Commission recently announced that it reached a settlement with three consumer credit report resellers whose information security practices and procedures were not sufficient to prevent hackers to obtain more than 1,800 consumer credit reports without authorization. The settlement resolves allegations that the resellers violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the FTC Act and… Continue Reading