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Today, the FTC announced that Equifax, Inc. will pay at least $575 million (and potentially up to $700 million) as part of a proposed global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and 50 U.S. states and territories. Their complaint alleges that Equifax failed to take reasonable steps to…

Target Corporation has reached an $18.5 million settlement with 47 states and the District of Columbia to resolve the investigation into the retailer’s 2013 data breach, officials announced on May 23, 2017. The 2013 data breach incident triggered various state consumer protection and data breach laws when hackers accessed consumer data for over 110 million…