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Protecting yourself from job scams

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Keeping you and your money safe is our top priority, and we have stringent safeguarding measures in place to help protect all our customers. But there are also steps you need to take to protect yourself from fraud....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

New York Law Incorporates Identity Theft into the Definition of Elder Abuse

New York recently passed legislation to amend the definition of elder abuse to include identity theft. This is important as an acknowledgement of the seriousness of the problem of identity theft involving the elderly, and the...more

Genova Burns LLC

N.J. Supreme Court Revives Register Receipt Class Action - Warning Trial Courts Not to Dismiss Class Claims Prematurely

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Last week, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided in favor of putative class members, taking a permissive approach to class certification at the early stages of litigation. Reversing the lower courts, the New Jersey Supreme...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

What is Consumer Fraud and What Deceptions are Employed?

How do unscrupulous people try and take money from the elderly, consumers and the public at large? What are the laws that protect consumers. Attorney Katherine Kiziah explains. ...more

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OIG Issues Alert to Warn of ‘Free’ Genetic Testing Scams Seeking to Steal Information

On June 3, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a fraud alert to notify consumers about genetic testing fraud schemes (the Alert)....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

8th Circuit Decision in SuperValu Class Action is a Reminder that Injury and Damages Aren’t the Same Thing.

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Last Friday we blogged on the Saks data breach class action, and in the process mentioned a trend among federal courts to reject fear of future identity theft claims in retail breach cases.  ...more

Carlton Fields

Ninth Circuit Gives Leg Up To Shoe Purchasers’ Data Breach Suit

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On March 8, a Ninth Circuit panel held that fear of identity theft in the wake of a data breach satisfies the standing requirements of Article III of the United States Constitution....more

Fenwick & West LLP

Appellate Court Finds Risk of Identity Theft Sufficient to Establish Standing, Circuit Split Worsens

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has found that allegations of a future risk of identity theft resulting from a data breach are sufficient to establish standing....more

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Privacy Perils: National Consumer Protection Week Fraud Reminders

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has designated this week as National Consumer Protection Week, and has issued a report on the top frauds reported during 2017. Highlights from the report are as follows... ...more

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Privacy Tip #50 – FTC Issues Brochure on 10 Ways to Avoid Fraud

With more and more information online, it is easy to accumulate a lot of information about individuals just by using a search engine. Scammers use online information to build profiles of victims and then use different scams...more

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