The debt collections industry enjoys acronyms almost as much as Congress does — from CCCO, CCCP and PCS to HIPAA, FDCPA and TCPA — but who’s counting? The correct answer is that many parties with a vested interest in debt collections — from consumers, clients attorneys to government bureaucracies and watchdogs — are counting on…
The number of reported U.S. data breaches in 2016 surpassed the previous all-time high reached in 2013 according to a report conducted by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). The 1,093 data breaches confirmed by ITRC exposed over 36.6 million [data or individual data] records.
This summer, the Seattle Space Needle will point the way to the debt collection industry’s largest event of the year, the ACA International Convention & Expo. The ACA International’s yearly event operates as the debt collection industry’s focal point for innovative ideas, products and services. Collection agencies, collection attorneys, creditors and other professionals will take…