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First Financial Credit Union
Case Name (Date)
Briscoe et al. v. First Financial Credit Union
D-202-CV-2022-02974, New Mexico state court – Bernalillo
(2022)
Product/Service
First Financial Credit Union
Allegations
Misrepresenting that it protects consumers’ personal information when it failed to do so and there was a data breach in 2022
Status
Settled
(Preliminarily approved)
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