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Tag: Credit cards

Crime and Justice

Why should we have to pay for credit reporting firm’s blunder?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2017, 6:44 AM Sep 13, 2017
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I don’t have much choice in this underreported affair; I have to freeze my credit at not only Equifax, but every other major credit reporting firm. And I had to pay for each one. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Expert: Credit data stolen from every Home Depot

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 3, 2014, 2:51 PM Sep 3, 2014
8

You probably don’t have to wonder whether your local Home Depot store was one of the ones where credit card information was stolen by, presumably, Russian hackers. It was, Brian Krebs, the online security expert says. Read more →

In Russia, anyway, bank pays for not reading fine print

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 9, 2013, 12:30 PM Aug 9, 2013
1

Raise your hand if you’ve ever read a software license, credit card, or bank “agreement.” I didn’t think so. Read more →

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