Debt Collections Agency Barred From Facebook Contact
A debt collections agency has been barred from using Facebook or any other social media site to locate or contact a woman about a $362 unpaid car loan. A Florida judge also ordered Mark One Financial LLC of Jacksonville, FL to refrain from contacting the woman's family or friends on Facebook.
The woman filed a lawsuit against the agency, accusing them of contacting her and her family via Facebook messages. The woman's lawyer argued that the debt collectors had violated her privacy, and that they also violated a provision of Florida's consumer protection law that prohibits debt collectors from harassing people. The lawyer said that in the past four months, nearly a dozen people have contacted him because debt collectors have been using social media sites to track them down.