September 1, 2026 Trans Union has agreed to an $8.31M settlement to wrap up a lawsuit that alleged the agency sold consumer credit reports containing inaccurate bankruptcy info.
August 25, 2026 A $100M Equifax settlement offers cash to consumers whose credit scores were inaccurately reported to third parties during a three-week coding error.
August 3, 2026 A $1.6M+ National Tenant Network settlement offers cash to consumers whose prior eviction information was sent to landlords via postcard.
July 8, 2026 A $2.2M Equifax settlement offers cash and credit monitoring to consumers whose collection accounts were reported more than once by the agency.
April 20, 2026 A $7.4M Trader Joe’s settlement offers cash to consumers who had too many credit card or debit card digits printed on their receipts.
March 4, 2026 A $5M Sprouts Farmers Market offers cash to consumers to end litigation over its alleged violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.
February 3, 2026 A class action lawsuit claims Eightfold AI unlawfully collects job applicants’ data and provides it to employers without candidates’ knowledge or consent.
January 20, 2026 A $2.4M Capital One settlement offers cash to consumers incorrectly reported as deceased and whose disputes the bank failed to resolve.
December 2, 2025 A $13.5M class action settlement offers cash to those who LexisNexis FL may have allegedly reported as deceased when they were, in fact, alive.
November 17, 2025 A $2.425M settlement resolves a lawsuit that alleged MIB illegally failed to identify the sources of the info it maintained in consumer files upon request.
September 18, 2025 A settlement will resolve a class action that alleged TransUnion furnished consumer report data to third parties through the TFC service without a lawful purpose.
September 12, 2025 PeopleFacts has agreed to pay a $2.4 million settlement to resolve a class action filed over alleged FCRA violations.
August 14, 2025 A $5 million settlement will resolve an employment background check class action lawsuit against J.B. Hunt Transport Services.
June 17, 2025 A class action lawsuit alleges Experian Information Services sells users' phone numbers to third parties without consent.
May 7, 2025 A class action accuses Experian of including false information on consumer reports about loans associated with Pink Energy’s alleged solar panel scam.
April 29, 2025 Trans Union has agreed to pay a $23 million settlement to resolve a class action that alleged the company unlawfully failed to investigate disputes or remove challenged inquiries from credit files.
March 7, 2025 A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Aven Financial, Inc. of illegally obtaining consumers’ credit reports without authorization.
February 14, 2025 A class action claims Entrata has illegally failed to respond to identity theft victims who dispute inaccurate information in its ResidentVerify screening reports.
January 31, 2025 A class action claims Allstate and subsidiary Arity have unlawfully harvested and profited from the sale of consumer data collected through mobile apps.
January 29, 2025 The CFPB has ordered Equifax to revise certain policies and pay a $15 million penalty after finding that the company had failed to properly investigate consumer disputes.
January 23, 2025 The CFPB ordered Honda Financial Services to pay $12.8 million after finding that the lender’s inaccurate credit reporting has harmed 300,000 Honda and Acura drivers.
October 2, 2024 A consumer claims in a class action that Napleton Enterprises and two subsidiaries unlawfully obtained his credit report without permission.
October 1, 2024 A homeowner alleges in a class action that Select Portfolio Servicing gave credit reporting agencies false data and threatened him with foreclosure.
September 18, 2024 A class action alleges Equifax has violated federal law by failing to conduct investigations when consumers dispute the data in their credit reports.
September 9, 2024 A class action alleges Jaguar Land Rover has secretly collected and sold to third parties consumers’ driving behavior data without consent.
August 16, 2024 A class action alleges Trans Union violated federal law when it furnished a North Carolina woman’s consumer report to a fraudulent debt collector.
July 10, 2024 A class action alleges Dollar Tree has failed to provide job applicants with an adequate opportunity to dispute inaccurate data in their background checks.
July 3, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges RentGrow routinely sells screening reports to landlords that contain inaccurate and outdated eviction information about prospective tenants.
June 18, 2024 A class action claims National Tenant Network regularly provides landlords with inaccurate, outdated eviction and criminal record information about prospective tenants.
June 11, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges thousands of consumers’ credit scores were damaged when Fingerhut opened new Fetti accounts without their permission.
June 11, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Nelnet has repeatedly miscalculated student loan borrowers’ monthly repayment amounts.
June 5, 2024 An Alabama consumer claims finance company ISPC illegally conducted hard inquiries into her credit background without permission.
April 24, 2024 A class action accuses Kia of secretly collecting and selling to third parties consumers’ driving behavior data without their knowledge or consent.
April 11, 2024 Two consumers claim in a class action that Equifax reported in their credit files inaccurate and misleading data that, by law, should have been deleted.
March 26, 2024 A Florida consumer alleges in a proposed class action that TransUnion unlawfully refused to investigate multiple credit inquiries he disputed.
March 20, 2024 A Florida resident claims in a class action lawsuit that General Motors and OnStar reported his driving behavior data to co-defendant LexisNexis without consent.
March 20, 2024 An Alabama consumer claims in a class action that Core Home Security unlawfully conducted a credit inquiry without her permission or a valid reason.
March 19, 2024 GEICO faces a class action filed by a consumer who claims the company failed to correct inaccurate information it furnished about her, even after she made several disputes.
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March 19, 2024 A Florida resident claims in a class action that CIC falsely reported that he was a sex offender and had previously pled guilty to traffic violations.
March 12, 2024 A consumer claims in a class action that Columbia Debt Recovery wrongfully reported a debt that didn’t belong to him and obtained his consumer report without a permissible purpose.
March 5, 2024 A class action claims Wells Fargo has knowingly enrolled customers in various financial products or services without their knowledge or consent.
February 28, 2024 A consumer claims in a class action that OpenRoad Lending and three other lenders obtained his credit report without a permissible purpose for doing so.
February 19, 2024 A class action alleges The Work Number fails to ensure the maximum possible accuracy of the employment-related consumer data it sells to third parties.
January 24, 2024 A class action alleges Experian has falsely advertised its “free” credit report service given the company hides the offer’s unfavorable terms from consumers.
January 10, 2024 A class action alleges Equifax negligently and recklessly reported false and damaging information about a consumer’s federally forgiven student loans.
January 4, 2024 A class action claims Asurint has violated federal law by negligently including expunged Florida juvenile records in consumers’ background checks.
November 22, 2023 A class action accuses consumer reporting agency Xactus LLC of violating federal law by failing to take reasonable steps to ensure the “maximum possible accuracy” of its credit inquiry reviews.
November 22, 2023 A class action accuses consumer reporting agency Xactus LLC of violating federal law by failing to take reasonable steps to ensure the “maximum possible accuracy” of its credit inquiry reviews.
November 3, 2023 A class action alleges Trans Union has violated federal law by inaccurately including on consumer credit reports balances owed on “bogus” loans from Pink Energy.
October 12, 2023 A class action accuses Partnership Screening International, Inc. of violating federal law by failing to ensure the maximum possible accuracy of the consumer information it sells to third parties.
