Thread: ACORN OKLAHOMA Document Dump: The Oklahoma Power Plan

ACORN’s San Diego office isn’t the only place its been careless with sensitive documents. Late last year, ACORN abandoned an office in Oklahoma. In its haste to vacate the office–and skip out on the landlord’s claim of back-rent–ACORN abandoned piles of documents, as well as a computer. Below is a copy of ACORN’s “Oklahoma Power Plan,â€

ACORN Document Dump: Trashing a Person’s Credit History

Banks, businesses and organizations like ACORN who receive individual’s personal financial records are bound by strict federal and state laws to protect that information. The law is chiefly enforced through the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (GLB), which was a previous attempt by Congress to restructure the financial sector.

While chiefly focused on banks and financial institutions, GLB also covers groups like ACORN who are “non-bank mortgage lenders, loan brokers, some financial or investment advisers, tax preparers, providers of real estate settlement services, and debt collectors.â€