Spokeo Settles FTC Charges for $800K

Spokeo Inc . will pay $800,000 to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that accused the data broker of marketing detailed profiles of millions of consumers to employers and recruiters without taking the steps to protect them under the Fair Credit Reporting Act  (FCRA). The FTC claims that Spokeo ran as a consumer reporting agency and violated the FCRA by failing to make sure that the information it sold would be used solely for legal purposes. It also claims that