Public Citizen

AUGUST 22, 2021

This model shifts responsibility from individual consumers having to protect their own interests to organizations that must engage in fair data use practices to legally collect and use data.

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Collection Industry News

DECEMBER 4, 2022

More than $1 million, or an average of $516 for each payment, is being returned to the victims either via PayPal or a mailed check, the Federal Trade Commission recently announced. ″ Consumers will be recovering all the money they lost to the scammers,” the FTC noted. Keep good records of past debts. Know your rights.

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True Accord

MAY 26, 2022

This follows the September 2020 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiative “ Operation Corrupt Collector ” to protect consumers.

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Operation Corrupt Collector” also includes five FTC law enforcement actions, including two newly filed cases that allege phantom debt collection—a practice where companies try to collect on debts they cannot legally collect or which a consumer does not owe. For example, in FTC. National Landmark Logistics LLC, et al.,

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