| Volume 144 Number 6 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
The FTC announced a case against videoconferencing service Zoom about the security of consumers’ information and videoconferences, also known as “Meetings.” The FTC claimed that Zoom failed to protect users’ information in a variety of ways: Click here for more.
Motorists urged to check for open recalls before holiday road trips
Despite advice from health experts to avoid travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, a recent survey from Cars.com shows that nearly half the country will travel anyway, mostly by car.
CARFAX, an automotive data company, says travelers can be exposed to more danger than the coronavirus (COVID-19) if they travel in a car with an open, unrepaired recall for dangerous airbags. The company says there could be about 16 million airbags in vehicles on the road today with an open safety recall. More than 11 million of those are Takata airbags -- the subject of the largest recall action in U.S. history.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) maintains an online database where you can check to see if your vehicle is subject to an open recall. You just need to know your vehicle information number (VIN), listed on your vehicle registration and embossed into the dashboard on the driver’s side of the vehicle. Click here for more.
Your Money
To counteract the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, policymakers have passed a range of COVID-19 financial relief measures, including expanding unemployment benefits, easing student loan obligations and halting evictions. But as 2020 draws to a close, a number of these measures are set to expire, leaving the Americans who rely on them in the lurch. Here's what to know about which COVID-19 relief options expire Dec. 31 – unless extensions or replacements are passed – and how to prepare for their termination. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently released the Debt Collection Final Rule. With the rule, the Bureau also began releasing compliance aids to assist industry. As the implementation period for the final rule progresses, the Bureau will continue to provide more compliance aids. To provide more clarity and transparency on how the Bureau provides assistance during the implementation period, the Bureau has developed this resource that provides an overview of the Regulatory Implementation and Guidance (RIG) team at the Bureau, the RIG team’s strategy for providing assistance to industry, and instructions for how to find compliance aids related to the Debt Collection Final Rule. It also provides a link to the Bureau’s Debt Collection compliance aid resource webpage, your dedicated access point to Debt Collection materials such as compliance aids, supervisory guidance, and any subsequent rules the Bureau publishes regarding debt collection. Click here for more.