FinTech firm Plaid settles privacy lawsuit at $58M
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Aaron Nicodemus2021-08-09T20:12:00
Plaid has reached a $58 million settlement with a group of customers who claimed the FinTech company sold their bank transaction histories to third parties without their consent.
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