TransUnion Fires Back, Says it Will Fight CFPB Suit

Editors Note: TransUnion is a client and strategic supporter of insideARM. This affiliation did not impact the views expressed in this article. 

On April 12, 2022, in response to the lawsuit filed against it by the CFPB TransUnion issued a statement defending its actions and alleging the CFPB is the party that failed to act within the spirit of the previous consent order between the parties. In its statement, which can also be found here, TransUnion said:

"The claims made by the CFPB against TransUnion and John Danaher, a former executive, are meritless and in no way reflect the consumer-first approach we take to managing all our businesses. 

In January 2017, TransUnion entered into a consent order with the CFPB relating to how it markets TransUnion Credit Monitoring, a subscription product that offers consumers credit monitoring and identity theft protection services, as well as access to their credit scores. Shortly thereafter, as required by the consent order, TransUnion submitted to the CFPB for approval a plan detailing how it would comply with the order. The CFPB ignored the compliance plan, despite being obligated to respond and trigger deadlines for implementation. In the absence of any sort of guidance from the CFPB, TransUnion took affirmative actions to implement the consent order.

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