Financial Privacy

Safeguards Rule: Enforcement

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5/5/09
James B. Nutter and Company
Settlement of Case Against Mortgage Lender That Allegedly Failed to Safeguard Consumer Information

11/6/08
Mortgage Company Settles Data Security Charges
Data Breach Compromised Privacy of Hundreds of Consumers

12/18/07
American United Mortgage Company Will Pay $50,000 Penalty for Tossing Consumers’ Credit Report Information in Unsecured Dumpster

5/10/06
Real Estate Services Company Settles Privacy and Security Charge
Company Tossed Consumers' Confidential Information in Dumpster; Company Computers Were Hacked

9/28/005
Mortgage Company Settles Information Security Charges
FTC Alleges Customer Data Was Not Secure

11/16/04
FTC Enforces Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's Safeguards Rule Against Mortgage Companies
Agency Alleges Companies Failed to Protect Customers' Personal Information