UCL Suit Filed Over Equifax Data Breach On Behalf Of California

(September 27, 2017, 10:14 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco city attorney on Sept. 26 sued Equifax Inc. in California state court on behalf of the people of the state of California, alleging violation of the state’s unfair competition law (UCL) based on the company’s purported failure to maintain proper security procedures prior to a recently announced data breach (California v. Equifax Inc., et al., No. CGC-17-561529, Calif. Super., San Francisco Co.)....