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Agency Announces Settlement of Separate Actions Against Retailer TJX, and Data Brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint for Failing to Provide Adequate Security for Consumers’ Data

ValueClick to Pay $2.9 Million to Settle FTC Chargest

[Goal Financial] Student Lender Settles FTC Charges That It Failed to Safeguard Sensitive Consumer Information and Misrepresented Its Security Practices

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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

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