/PRNewswire/ PEI-Genesis, Inc. ("PEI-Genesis") recently announced an event that may have impacted the privacy of personal information relating to certain.
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On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into
law the Consumer Data Protection Act (the VCDPA or the Act), making
Virginia the second state, following California, to grant consumers
broad privacy rights with respect to their personal information as
collected by businesses both within and outside the state. The
VCDPA will not take effect until January 1, 2023, but businesses
should begin now to assess their potential coverage and to map out
a plan for compliance.
Many businesses may have a head start on compliance if they have
Your credit report may be wrong; here s what to do about it
BEV O SHEA of NerdWallet
March 3, 2021
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FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. Consumers gave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau an earful in 2020 there were a record number of complaints, and credit reporting bureaus were cited in more than half. You have a right to get free copies of your credit reports and to have any errors investigated and addressed.Elise Amendola/AP
Consumers filed complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in record numbers in 2020, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group. Credit reporting issues were cited in 282,000, or 63%, of the complaints. The majority noted “incorrect information” on credit reports or “information belongs to someone else,” the report said.
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FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. Consumers gave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau an earful in 2020 â there were a record number of complaints, and credit reporting bureaus were cited in more than half. You have a right to get free copies of your credit reports and to have any errors investigated and addressed. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
By Bev O’shea
NerdWallet
Consumers filed complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in record numbers in 2020, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group. Credit reporting issues were cited in 282,000, or 63%, of the complaints. The majority noted “incorrect information” on credit reports or “information belongs to someone else,” the report said.