Progressive Insurance Settles Charges Of Violating Customer's ...

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BOSTON (CBS) ? A well known insurance company has agreed to a cash settlement after allegedly breaking state law in using customers? private credit information.

Progressive Direct Insurance has been fined $125,000 for allowing prospective customers to unknowingly link to a private credit inquiry to calculate insurance rates.

Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Joseph Murphy says a consumer complaint led to the investigation and the link was removed from Progressive?s web site last month.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030?s Anthony Silva reports

Source: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/12/13/progressive-insurance-settles-charges-of-violating-customers-privacy/

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