A California-based mortgage broker has settled Federal Trade Commission (FTC) allegations that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other laws by revealing personal information about consumers in response to negative reviews posted on the review website Yelp.
The FTC alleges the company’s actions harmed potentially thousands of Yelp users, who were readily identifiable in the brokers’ responses.
Read on for details from the complaint.
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