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Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press
In March 2016, a deceptive advertising class-action lawsuit against One Technologies (a company that marketed its credit monitoring program through various websites, including FreeScoreOnline.com and ScoreSense.com) was transferred from a court in Illinois to one in Texas. Among other things, the complaint alleges that the company failed to adequately disclose that consumers who accessed their “free” online credit score on one of the company’s websites would be enrolled in the company’s negative-option credit monitoring program and charged a $29.95 fee each month. (Forby et al v. One Technologies, LP, One Technologies Management LLC, and One Technologies Capital LLP, Case No. 16-cv-856, S. D. IL.)
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Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press
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