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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » GBS - General Business » Article 25 - Fair Credit Reporting Act » 380-M – Civil Liability for Negligent Noncompliance.
§  380-m.  Civil  liability  for negligent noncompliance. Any consumer
reporting agency or user of information who or  which  is  negligent  in
failing to comply with any requirement imposed under this article, other
than a violation of section three hundred eighty-t of this article, with
respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to
the sum of:

(a) Any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure;

(b) In the case of any successful action to enforce any liability under this section, the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court.