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Experian settles violation of its 2005 FTC consent decree
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Experian settles violation of its 2005 FTC consent decree

Experian fined $3 million for issuing misleadng "educational" credit scores
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Experian fined $3 million for issuing misleading "educational" credit scores

IRS suspends Equifax's taxpayer identity contract
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IRS suspends Equifax's taxpayer identity contract

Equifax website infected with malware
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Equifax website infected with malware

Equifax pulls mobile apps due to basic security errors
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Equifax pulls mobile apps due to basic security errors

Equifax and TransUnion fined $23 million for misrepresentation
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Equifax and TransUnion fined $23 million for misrepresentation

Equifax "secures" Argentina portal with "admin/admin"
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Equifax "secures" Argentina portal with "admin/admin"

Equifax fined $18.4 million in damages over credit report errors
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Equifax fined $18.4 million in damages over credit report errors

Equifax's The Work Number database trades in employee data
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Equifax's The Work Number database trades in employee data

Equifax data breach further exposes Americans' salary histories
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Equifax data breach further exposes Americans' salary histories

Equifax exposes salary history data on tens of millions of Americans
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Equifax exposes salary history data on tens of millions of Americans

Equifax fined for inadequate customer service
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Equifax fined for inadequate customer service

Equifax sells lists of late mortgage payers
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Equifax sells lists of late mortgage payers

Equifax bungles data breach follow-up
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Equifax bungles data breach follow-up

Equifax was informed of system vulnerability in 2016
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Equifax was informed of system vulnerability in 2016

Equifax executives sell shares before data breach is announced
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Equifax executives sell shares before data breach is announced

Equifax data breach exposes information of at least 147.5 million people
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Equifax data breach exposes information of at least 147.5 million people

Acxiom and AppNexus
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Acxiom and AppNexus

Acxiom links online and offline activities
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Acxiom links online and offline activities

Federal Trade Commission investigates data brokers
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Federal Trade Commission investigates data brokers

Acxiom holds world's largest commercial database on consumers
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Acxiom holds world's largest commercial database on consumers

Acxiom rejects bulk opt-out requests
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Acxiom rejects bulk opt-out requests

EPIC files FTC complaint against Acxiom and JetBlue
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EPIC files FTC complaint against Acxiom and JetBlue

Acxiom sets up site to allow individuals to see their data
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Acxiom sets up site to allow individuals to see their data

Facebook ends advertising relationship with Acxiom
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Facebook ends advertising relationship with Acxiom

Acxiom shares data with marketing intelligence company Valassis
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Acxiom shares data with marketing intelligence company Valassis

Acxiom builds links across channels, devices, and applications
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Acxiom builds links across channels, devices, and applications

In 2004, the US Department of Justice investigated the theft of 8.2GB of personal data from File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers belonging to Acxiom between 2002 and 2003. The case was thought to represent the largest case of data theft at the time. Scott Levine, the owner of the email spamming company Snipermail, was indicated on 144 offences in connection with the attack, and was eventually found guilty of 120 of them and sentenced to jail for eight years. In all, Levine and Snipermail were accused to ste
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Acxiom hack exposes 1.6 billion customer records

Acxiom data intercepted by hacker
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Acxiom data intercepted by hacker

Legal Tidbits!
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Legal Tidbits!