HUNSTEIN UPDATE: Court in Illinois Cites Hunstein with Approval While Distinguishing It Published on: 25 May 2021 at 11:00 a.m. ET May 25, 2021, 11 a.m. May 25, 2021, 11:18 a.m. insideARM.com The iA Institute
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In
Giannini v. United Collection Bureau, No. 20 CV 5131, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94150 (N.D. Ill. May 18, 2021) the Plaintiff argued that supplying a debtor with a collector’s privacy policy constituted a violation of the TCPA for some reason.
While rejecting the Plaintiff’s odd theory, the Court paused to take note of
Hunstein and also of the broader possibility that consumer information might be misused in the collection or servicing of a debt.