The New York Attorney General issued a consumer alert and online guide about scams targeting service members and veterans, including phishing and credit-monitoring scams that may misuse personal information. The release provides steps for protecting information and reporting suspected scams; it does not announce an enforcement action or monetary penalty.
This release announces guidance rather than findings against a company, but in-house teams should review vendor agreements for identity-protection, credit-monitoring, benefits-assistance, and consumer-support services. Confirm data-processing clauses limit use of personal information to authorized purposes, require safeguards for account credentials and sensitive data, restrict subcontractor access, prohibit unauthorized account creation or transactions, and require prompt notice and cooperation if information is compromised. Customer-facing terms and privacy notices should accurately describe any collection or use of information by these providers.
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Office of the New York State Attorney General
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Other"The Office of the Attorney General (OAG)"
"November 9, 2026"
"today issued a consumer alert warning New Yorkers to beware of scams targeting military service members and veterans"
"then use their information to open accounts and make purchases."
$10.0M
A March 2023 breach exposed personal and protected health information associated with more than 13.3 million people after attackers accessed company systems using an employee’s credentials. The Perry Johnson companies agreed to pay at least $300,000, with an additional $9.7 million in penalties due if they fail to meet the agreement, and to implement security, incident response, and health-data handling reforms.
New York Attorney General James and Governor Hochul announced guidance advising county executives and sheriffs that they must end agreements to house or detain people for federal civil immigration violations by November 25, 2026. The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act makes those agreements void and unenforceable after the deadline; no monetary penalty or specific enforcement order is announced.
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a consumer alert warning federal student loan borrowers that consolidating loans after changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act may limit repayment options and forgiveness eligibility. This is consumer guidance, not a privacy enforcement action; the release announces no fine or enforcement remedy.
$500K
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a settlement with Bloomberg L.P. after finding that Bloomberg News failed to clearly disclose subscription price increases and automatic renewals, provide required acknowledgments and renewal notices, and make cancellation sufficiently easy. Bloomberg must pay $500,000 in penalties, provide refunds to eligible subscribers, and improve its subscription disclosures and practices.
$220.0M
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition secured a $220 million settlement from General Motors LLC for selling drivers’ personal driving and location data to data brokers without adequate disclosure or consent. GM must limit the driving data it collects and implement privacy assessments and dealership oversight and training.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 24 other states and the District of Columbia challenged a federal rule imposing additional proof requirements on some medically frail Medicaid recipients. The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment, declaring a central provision of the rule illegal and blocking it.