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Opendoor Agrees to Pay Millions in Claims Alleged by FTC

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 3, 2022 /

Opendoor Labs disagreed with the allegations but did agree to pay $62 million in customer claims to the Federal Trade Commission.

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RealPage Dinged by FTC for Misidentifying Housing Applicants as Criminals

By Shelby Skrhak / October 18, 2018 /

It’s a problem that people with common last names face often: being mistaken for another with the same name and birthdate. But Richardson-based RealPage, which provides tenant screening information to landlords and property managers, ran into trouble when the FTC found their tenant screening software misidentified potential renters as criminals, who then were turned down…

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Freeze or Lock, Safeguarding Your Child’s Credit History Can Save Them Later

By Bethany Erickson / October 14, 2018 /
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Do you know if your child has a credit history? I’ll admit, even with all my work busting scams and investigating consumer complaints, I had never really taken the time to check. But that’s changing — and many parents we talked to said they’ve either frozen or locked their child’s credit or are considering it,…

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