HUNSTEIN UPDATE: Court in Illinois Cites Hunstein with Approval While Distinguishing It

Published on May 25, 2021 at 3:00 pm

Eric Troutman

Attorney at Law at Troutman Amin

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We’re keeping a close eye on the impact of the big Hunstein ruling from the Eleventh Circuit.

On May 18, 2021, a court in Illinois became the first to apply the case, albeit indirectly. But the intersection between debt collection and consumer privacy laws was on clear display.

In Giannini v. United Collection Bureau, No. 20 CV 5131, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94150 (N.D. Ill.  May 18, 2021) the Plaintiff argued that supplying a debtor with a collector’s privacy policy constituted a violation of the TCPA for some reason.

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