CFPB Charges Transunion and Executive with Violating 2017 Order

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday announced it has filed a lawsuit against TransUnion, two of its subsidiaries, and longtime executive John Danaher for violating a 2017 law enforcement order that was issued to stop the company from engaging in deceptive marketing, regarding its credit scores and other credit-related products. The Bureau alleges that TransUnion disregarded the order's requirements and continued using deceitful dark patterns -- hidden tricks or trapdoors companies build into their websites to get consumers to inadvertently click links, sign up for subscriptions or purchase products or services — to profit from customers. The CFPB also alleges that TransUnion violated additional consumer financial protection laws.