Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking for an investigation into the causes of Equifax Inc.’s massive data breach and introducing a new bill that would give consumers more control over their credit data.
In a letter to Equifax, the Massachusetts Democrat said the company “has failed to provide the necessary information describing exactly how this happened, and exactly how [its] security systems failed,” adding that initial customer service information “did nothing to clarify the situation and actually appeared to be efforts to hoodwink [consumers] into waiving important legal rights.”
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