The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has cracked down on data brokers for allegedly hawking sensitive personal details of unsuspecting consumers to scammers.
In a lawsuit (PDF) against LeapLab filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2014, the FTC charged the data broker with buying payday loan applications of financially strapped consumers and then reselling that information to marketers whom it knew had no legitimate need for it.
FTC Charges Brokers for Selling Personal Data Collected from PayDay Loan Companies
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