To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently issued an opinion holding that, when a debt collector sent a consumer’s information to a vendor responsible for creating a dunning letter, that action constituted a communication “in connection with the collection of any debt” under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) provision generally prohibiting communicating consumers’ personal information to third parties. Such an action thereby created a “concrete injury” giving the consumer necessary “standing” under Article III of the U.S. Constitution to sue the debt collector for damages.