Status: In progress

Vincent v. National Debt Relief LLC

National Debt Relief  allegedly unlawfully collects the IP addresses of its website visitors via a tracker it allegedly installs on their browsers without consent.

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By Top Class Actions  |  January 26, 2024

Category: Legal News
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National Debt Relief website class action lawsuit overview: 

  • Who: Gilda Vincent filed a class action lawsuit against National Debt Relief LLC. 
  • Why: Vincent argues National Debt Relief unlawfully collects its website visitors’ IP addresses through a tracker it allegedly installs on their browsers without consent. 
  • Where: The National Debt Relief class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.

National Debt Relief unlawfully collects its website visitors’ IP addresses by installing a tracker on their internet browsers without consent or a court order, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiff Gilda Vincent’s National Debt Relief class action lawsuit claims the company violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by allegedly installing the Claritas TRKN Tracker on its website visitors’ internet browsers. 

Vincent argues National Debt Relief has been using the Claritas tracker since at least November 2022 — and possibly earlier — allegedly without ever obtaining consent from its website visitors or getting a court order to install or use the tracker. 

“By installing and using the Tracker without Plaintiff’s prior consent and without a court order, Defendant violated CIPA,” the class action states. 

Vincent wants to represent a California class of consumers who accessed National Debt Relief’s website in the state and subsequently had their IP address collected by the tracker. 

National Debt Relief site allegedly utilizes tracker provided for a fee by Claritas

Vincent argues National Debt Relief uses a tracker provided for a fee by software-as-a-service company Claritas to track its website visitors, with Claritias allegedly marketing its services as being able to help drive brand awareness and sales. 

“To achieve this, Claritas uses its Tracker to receive, store, and analyze information collected from website visitors, such as visitors to Defendant’s Website,” the class action states. 

The plaintiff is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory relief along with an award of statutory damages for herself and all class members. 

In a similar case, Google recently agreed to a settlement resolving claims that the company secretly tracked the internet searches of millions of individuals who used its Chrome browser’s incognito function and were under the impression they were browsing anonymously. 

Have you used National Debt Relief’s website without being aware it was tracking your IP address? Let us know in the comments.

The plaintiff is represented by Yitzchak Kopel, Alec M. Leslie and Max S. Roberts of Bursor & Fisher PA. 

The National Debt Relief website class action lawsuit is Vincent v. National Debt Relief LLC, Case No. 1:24-cv-00440, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.


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42 thoughts onNational Debt Relief class action claims website captures users’ IP address

  1. Allan Abruzzio says:

    They did not disclose all there info and when I refused an offer they told me it was the best they could do and the first offer would be the best they could do , they refused to get a better offer or reduce there very high percentage rate.

  2. George-Ann Wood says:

    NDR paid $100 to a creditor they had made a settlement with and then charged me about $1000 for their fee. I was told that the money that I sent for them to pay my debtors only. They never told me that they collected a fee for every settlement so basically they stole a little over $1200 from me. I would love to be included in a class action suit against them.

    1. Maliaka Pinkney says:

      I agree with the previous comment. NDR is charging me large fees, and they are not negotiating with my creditors as promised. Two of my accounts could have been resolved but because they did not negotiate with them both creditors are trying to sue me. I also waa not aware that I was being tracked when using their portal.

  3. Alexander Omeke says:

    NDR did not disclose complete program information needed for me to make an informed decision prior to signing with their program.

  4. Sue Hammond says:

    They took about $50,000 from us and we are still fighting with our credit and things are still listing as late unpaid and it greatly affected our credit they misrepresented themselves and God only knows if they took my IP address they suck
    COUNT ME IN THIS SUIT.

  5. Amber Litz says:

    Absolutely count me in! National Debt Relief are crooks! Took $30 thousand dollars from us and didn’t pay off our cards! They falsely advertise that they are a “non profit credit counselors”

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