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Trans Union LLC and Acxiom LLC settle a $75 million Class Action Lawsuit...

that claimed they violated State laws and the (FCRA) Fair Credit Reporting Act. The claims involved the selling of list containing personal and financial comsumer data to third parties for marketing purposes.

If you had an open line of credit, consumers credit (i.e. Credit Cards, Auto loans, Store Credit Cards, Finance Company Loans, Mortgage Loans, or Student Loans), from January 1st, 1987 to May 28, 2008, you may be included in this Settlement.

You have several different options to choose from and Free Credit Monitoring is one of them.. Your rights are outlined in this Legal Notice.

If you wish to receive any benefits you must register by September 24th, 2008.

Go to List Class Action for more information regarding this Lawsuit.

I hope you've found this info useful and please pass it along.

Posted by Wayne Frazier on 08/14/2008 10:05 PM

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4 Comments on Trans Union LLC and Acxiom LLC settle a $75 million Class Action Lawsuit...

AUG

2008

Interesting. I will ahve to pass this along to my clients as well. Thanks for sharing!

AUG

2008

You wlecome Mike.

Whenever I come across information that I feel is useful to the professionals or clients of our Industry I will try to pass it along.

This info could literally help thousands to monitor their Credit for Free.

SEP

2008

Wayne, I have to assume this includes and at the very least impacts the sale of consumer data for marketing purposes to 3rd parties, much like many title companies do for their mortgage clients. Interesting settlement.

SEP

2008

UPDATE: The Court granted final approval of the settlement on September 17, 2008. Click here to view the Court's Order.

Today is the last dat to sign up for the benefits of this Class Action Lawsuit.

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