On December 23, 2014, the FTC charged a data broker with purchasing payday
loan applications and selling the consumers' personal
information—including Social Security and bank account
numbers—to marketers who had no legitimate need for the
information. The FTC's complaint alleged that at least one of
the marketers used the information to withdraw money from the
consumers' accounts without authorization.
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